A complex enterprise operation
Allocation and approval workflows, a clearer data model and a phased path for changing the system.
The operation depended on allocations and approvals that the existing data model could not represent clearly. The interface, stored records and actual work had drifted apart. Changing the schema meant coordinating competing requirements while the business still needed to use the system.
Represent the objects being allocated, the decisions being approved and the people responsible. Define the valid states and transitions so the system can show where the work stands and which action belongs next.
Design the user workflow and the data model together. The visible action, the permission to take it and the resulting record need to describe the same operating decision.
Sequence schema and application changes around the processes still in use. Compatibility boundaries make it possible to review and release a defined part of the transformation before widening it.
Document the domain rules, decisions and migration sequence. Give the next owner enough context to extend the workflow and understand which assumptions a future change needs to preserve.
Led discovery of the operating rules and designed the target entities, states and relationships. Sequenced the data, interface and workflow changes in stages, with compatibility and ownership considered throughout. The aim was to make the system represent the work while giving the team a controlled way to continue changing it.
Technical lead across workflow discovery, domain modelling, migration design, implementation sequencing and handover, working with the people responsible for the operation.
Delivered a revised domain model and a sequenced migration approach, with the interface and operating rules aligned around allocations and approvals.
Tell me what needs to work differently and who depends on it. We can discuss the product, the engineering and the team needed to carry it forward.
The first call starts a conversation. We agree the scope and price of paid work separately.