When a software organisation struggles to deliver, it rarely comes down to motivation or talent. More often, it’s the system itself – the architecture, the dependencies, and the habits and workflows that have grown around it – that makes progress feel impossible.
Recognise any of these symptoms?
Many companies describe variations of the same problems:
Every small change in your core system triggers days of firefighting.
Teams say “that’s impossible” more often than they ship.
You’ve tried offshoring, new processes, and bigger teams but delivery capability doesn’t increase.
Roadmaps slip, technical discussions loop endlessly, and no one can agree on where the real problem is.
Your business wants to move faster, but the software can’t keep up and no one can clearly explain why.
If any of this feels familiar, there’s a good chance your software architecture is out of tune with the business it’s supposed to empower. Before reorganising teams or investing in large-scale technical changes, you need clarity – quickly!
Clarity and next steps – in just two weeks
The Architecture Review is an intensive, two-week investigation into the real problem behind your delivery challenges. We’re not looking to produce a thick report or a theoretical model. Based on the data we find, we’ll give you a clear diagnosis of what’s slowing you down and suggest a path forward.
You can expect:
A concise assessment of the system’s architectural health
Clear, data-based bottleneck hypotheses
A realistic prioritisation of issues based on business impact
Guidance on where to invest next – and what to leave alone for now
A walkthrough of findings with your key stakeholders
The result: Clarity, alignment, and a set of next steps grounded in both business reality and technical truth.
The three phases of an Architectural Review
The Turbo Architecture Review is designed to fit into a busy organisation with as little disruption as possible. It is executed over two calendar weeks in the following three phases.
1. Understand the context
We begin by painting a picture of your situation, from business goals to organisational setup to how work actually flows through the system. This gives us the lens we need to interpret what we later see in the code and processes.
This phase typically includes:
Initial discussion and NDA
A short questionnaire for key people. (This takes about 30 min to answer.)
Access to codebase, ticket management system, and existing documentation.
A full-day workshop diving into business, organisation, workflow and technical constraints with key people from across the organisation
Walkthroughs of representative changes or features in the code
The aim is to understand how you work and why things look the way they do today.
2. Examine the architecture
With context in place, we dig into the architecture itself: the structure of the system, how it evolves over time, and how that aligns (or doesn’t align) with your business needs. We combine qualitative insight with quantitative analysis.
This phase typically includes:
Sample-based code analysis using our own eyes and tools
Mini-tools built on the fly to explore emerging questions
Reviews of dependencies and change patterns
Follow-up questions to validate findings and rule out false signals
This is a practical investigation, not an academic one. We look at how the system and the development behaves in real life.
3. Deliver the diagnosis
Once the analysis is complete, we summarise the findings into a clear narrative: what we believe the real bottleneck is, what supports that conclusion, and what you should do next. There’s no sugar-coating and no blame – just evidence and a recommended path forward.
What this includes:
A short, actionable presentation
Prioritised hypotheses for the actual bottleneck
Recommended next steps (technical, organisational, or both)
Optional presentation to teams or leadership
Room for dialogue, questions, and clarification
The goal is to give you the clarity to make decisions with confidence.
Who you’ll work with
You get two senior factor10 consultants who spend their days solving real software problems in real organisations. They’ve performed this type of analysis many times across different industries and know how to navigate both technical depth and organisational complexity. They work hands-on, cut through noise quickly, and learn new domains fast.
You know your business. They know tech and how systems evolve. Together, we’ll find the best path forward.
Forward-oriented, not blame-oriented
Most organisations end up in difficult architectural situations despite everyone doing their best with the information they had. We’re not here to assign blame. We look at the past only to understand how you got here, and to provide the insight you need to move confidently into the future.
Let’s talk!
If you suspect your architecture is holding your business back – or you simply want an independent, honest diagnosis – we’re ready when you are! No preparation needed. We work with what you already have.
