Telecom · Europe
Architecture governance for a telco group
Rollout of architecture governance and repositories across 5 entities.
This scenario is illustrative. It describes how we'd run this type of engagement — not a past one.
Scenario context
A telecom group brings together five entities, the product of organic growth and successive acquisitions. Each has developed its own architecture practices, its own tools, its own standards.
The challenge
At group level, there's neither a common repository nor consolidated visibility. Investments duplicate across entities, standards diverge, and every cross-entity decision requires long manual reconciliation.
Our approach
We'd propose a federated governance model: a shared standards baseline and repository at group level, while leaving each entity autonomy of execution on its own scope.
We'd tool this up (a common architecture repository, a standards catalog, a group ARB cadence) and launch a capability-based portfolio rationalization to surface duplication and pooling opportunities.
Expected outcomes
The target is consolidated group-wide visibility, a reduction in redundant investment, consistent standards without forced uniformity, and markedly faster cross-entity decisions.