For new systems, big expansions, multi-site rollouts, upgrades and SCADA/MES/ERP integration: a designed target architecture and a phased path to it, before development speeds up.
An architecture review is worth most at the start. It's the right first step when you're planning:
A designed, documented target architecture and a realistic path to it, written so your team, another integrator, or ours can build from it.
Developers and AI tools both work far better against a structure that has already been decided. When tag conventions, application structure, interfaces, security and deployment are settled and written down, the work fits together and stays that way as the system grows.
Without that, speed becomes the problem. A team moving fast against an undefined structure builds a fragile system, and the bill arrives later as rework and instability.
If the system exists and mostly works but you want a senior read before expanding, start with a free Ignition MRI. If it's in trouble, start with a Project Rescue. Once the path is clear, we can build it or build it alongside your team.
Usually yes, and it's cheapest right then. Most of what a blueprint saves you is six months of building against a structure that turns out wrong. If your plan is sound, the blueprint confirms it and hands you the documentation.
No. It's a standalone fixed-fee engagement and the deliverables are yours. It's written so your own developers or another integrator can build from it.
Yes. Upgrades are one of the most common reasons to run a blueprint. They're a rare chance to fix structural decisions that are otherwise expensive to revisit. The blueprint covers current state, target state, and how to get between them without a long outage.
Fixed fee, quoted after a short fit call. Duration depends on how many sites and systems are in scope.
Twenty minutes with an engineer. Tell us what you're planning, and we'll scope the blueprint around it.
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