Architecting software systems is one of the hardest tasks in software development today. Ensuring that your organizations systems are robust, flexible, extensible, and understandable for not just today but tomorrow is a difficult task. Just as in software process, there is no silver bullet in architecture: what works for one organization does not necessarily carry over to the next. An organizations specific needs dictate

Ronin consultants have many years of experience helping organizations large and small define and implement architectures appropriate for their specific needs. They are well versed in identifying the business needs that affect an organizations architecture need. They can help you define, document, test and implement an architecture that meets your organizations current and future needs.

Java Architecture Development and Mentoring
Ronin consultants are experienced in the development and application of Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) frameworks, Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) systems, and ObjectSpace's Voyager. The bottom line is that you can't learn Java in 21 days, in fact you'd be lucky to do it in 21 weeks. Ronin architects can help to facilitate your Java architecture efforts and to mentor your architects so that they gain the skills they need to make your Java development efforts a success.

Enterprise Architecture Consulting
How do you develop an architecture that will support your organization's portfolio of projects? That will support strategic reuse management within your organization? What do you need to do to be successful at Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)? Ronin architecture and process consultants can help you to get your architecture started properly, to define an infrastructure from which your projects can be successful. We can help you to define and build your team, to mentor them through the initial stages of defining an architecture for your organization. We can help you to define effective processes, to ensure that your architecture team supports your project teams effectively.  We can even show you how to take an agile approach to enterprise architecture.

Project-Level Architecture Consulting
How do you develop an architecture for a single application, one that potentially fits into your organization's overall enterprise architecture or perhaps one that stands alone? Ronin architecture consultants can help you through your project's initial architectural modeling, can help your technical prototyping efforts (to prove that your architecture works), and can mentor your staff in architectural modeling skills. Defining the right architecture is very hard to do, let us help you.

Architecture Reviews
How can you be sure that your architecture will take you where you need to go in the future? Will your architecture meet the needs of e-commerce? Will it scale for Internet deployment? Ronin architects can perform a comprehensive review of your architecture providing an assessment and specific recommendations for both enterprise and project-level architecture efforts. We can also perform a fit analysis of vendor offerings -- is SAP, Enterprise Java Beans, or DCOM really the right approach for your organization -- to ensure that you're purchasing the products and services that are right for you.

Architecture Team/Process Assessment
How can you be sure that your architecture team is effective? Do you have the right people? Are they following the right processes and applying the right techniques? Are they creating the right artifacts at the right time in the right manner? Ronin architecture and process experts can help you to assess your architecture team and process to ensure that they will prove effective for your organization.