Technology consulting and architecture review
Sometimes the right decision is not to build. It is knowing whether what you have can be saved, whether the current vendor is doing fine, or whether that platform you are about to buy holds up to what it promises. We give the second technical opinion, in writing and with arguments you can take to your board.
When it makes sense
- You are about to sign a large development and want the approach reviewed
- The current vendor delivers late and you cannot tell if that is normal or a problem
- You inherited a system and nobody can say how healthy it is
- You are acquiring a company and need to review its technology first
- You must choose between build, buy or integrate and everyone has a different opinion
What we deliver
A written report, not a meeting
A document with findings, evidence and recommendations prioritised by impact and effort.
Code and architecture audit
What is sound, what is real technical debt, and what is merely different from how we would do it.
Security and dependency risks
Access, exposed secrets, unmaintained libraries and single points of failure.
A phased roadmap with estimates
What to do first, what can wait and what each block would cost.
How we work
We need read access to the code and the infrastructure, plus a conversation with whoever knows the business — half the findings come from understanding why something was built that way. The deliverable is a document you can share internally. If the recommendation ends up being to stay with your current vendor, that is what the report will say.
Where we work
We work out of Zapopan and serve the whole Guadalajara metropolitan area. For companies in Jalisco that means the diagnosis and progress reviews can happen in person when it helps, while everything still runs remotely for clients in other states.
Projects where we applied it
Real cases from the portfolio, described by functionality and sector, without client names.
ERP layer over an existing CRM
The team already lived in their CRM and wasn't going to drop it. We built the ERP on top — inventory, sales and finance — mirroring its data instead of replacing it.
Digital records connector
The digital record runs on an enterprise document manager. We updated and documented the connector that links it to the case systems.
Operations ERP and master quoting tool
Digitizing the whole operation: purchasing and payables, quoting, variable payroll, attendance with minutes, and delivery control.
Quantitative trading system
A cumulative-delta strategy ported to three platforms, with its own backtesting engine, parameter optimizer and a trained signal filter.
The questions you were going to ask on the call.
Do you audit other vendors’ work?
Yes, and we do it with judgement: we distinguish real technical debt from decisions that are simply different from ours. A report saying everything is wrong is usually a self-interested report.
How long does a consulting engagement take?
A scoped architecture review takes one to three weeks depending on system size. Ongoing advisory is contracted as monthly hours with an assigned lead.
Do you sign an NDA?
Yes, and it is standard before receiving any access. We also work with read-only access and copied environments when the client prefers.
What if the conclusion is that we should build with you?
We say so, and we discount the consulting fee from the first phase if you decide to go ahead. But the report is delivered either way, even if you hire someone else.