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Consulting & Strategy

Build versus buy, platform bets, and roadmaps written by people who will still be here when the consequences land.

Start a project01.How we work
ic-strategy · ADR-041 · build vs. buy: identity3 options · 5-year horizon · migration and exit costed
OPTIONS · SCORED AGAINST A FIVE-YEAR HORIZONbuild in-house$3.10Mtime to first valuerun cost at 10× userssecurity review loadlock-in riskexit cost9 months before first login worksbuy · vendor$2.40MRECOMMENDEDtime to first valuerun cost at 10× userssecurity review loadlock-in riskexit costboundary drawn at the token exchangehybrid$2.90Mtime to first valuerun cost at 10× userssecurity review loadlock-in riskexit costtwo systems to run, two to auditFIVE-YEAR TCO · $M, INCLUDING MIGRATION AND EXITlicencebuildrunexitbuild in-house$3.10Mbuy · vendor$2.40Mhybrid$2.90MDECISION TRAILADR-036 · accepted2025-11 · single idp, no federationADR-038 · superseded2026-02 · replaced by 041 after the acquisitionADR-041 · open · decides friday2026-08 · build vs. buy: identity
Representative decision record · not a live system

Advice you can deploy on Monday.

We work alongside your leadership to make the hard calls — build vs. buy, platform bets, organizational design, technical due diligence. Written recommendations, working prototypes, embedded engagements. No slide-deck theater.

01Technology roadmap & platform strategy
02Build vs. buy analysis
03Technical due diligence
04Team topology & RACI design
05Architecture review & risk audit

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