01Typically 4–6 weeks
Book a Scoping Session Services / 01–04
Structured engagements.
Decisions made visible.
Four defined ways to understand the current state, design what comes next, and sequence investment before implementation begins.Independent systems architecture
Each engagement produces documented architecture your leadership team can evaluate, act on, and hand forward — without tying the recommendation to a product sale.
Engagements
02Typically 6–8 weeks
03Typically 6–8 weeks
04Typically 10–12 weeks
Common questions / 05
Frequently Asked Questions
01Don't implementation partners offer free discovery?
They do, but their discovery is built to produce one outcome: their own implementation contract. Glenn-Walker Systems Consulting has no implementation revenue and no platform partnerships, so the assessment is built to produce the right answer for your organization, not the answer that generates a follow-on sale. Those are not the same process, even when they look similar on paper.
02We already have a platform in mind. Do we still need this?
The earlier the architecture work happens, the less it costs to get right. If you haven't signed a contract yet, a Modernization Design Engagement can still govern the selection before it's locked in. If you've already signed, the Strategic Advisory Retainer can help you manage the implementation against a sound architecture instead of discovering gaps after go-live.
03We need someone who can actually implement this, not just plan it.
Glenn-Walker Systems Consulting produces the architecture design that makes implementation succeed, we don't build the system ourselves. Implementation partners exist to build. We exist to design what gets built, before they start, so the implementation has a real chance of matching what your organization actually needs.
04This seems like a lot for a firm our size.
At $30M in revenue, an Operational Architecture Assessment runs roughly 0.05% of revenue to avoid an implementation mistake that can run into six figures. The cost of the assessment is small next to the cost of the wrong platform decision it's designed to prevent.
A defined starting point
Not sure which engagement fits?
The Engagement Scoping Session is a focused working session that identifies the operating problem and produces a written recommendation for the right next step.