1. Discover
Deep-dive sessions, architecture and data reviews, and ecosystem mapping to understand how things work today.
Modernization Blueprint
A focused 4–6 week engagement that maps your current systems, identifies friction, and delivers a clear, opinionated plan for modernization.
Many teams know they need to modernize, but don't know where to start. The Modernization Blueprint is designed to answer that question with clarity. Instead of jumping straight into refactors or migrations, we take a step back, map the current ecosystem, and design a path forward that your team can actually execute.
Over 4–6 weeks, we work through your applications, data flows, integrations, and cloud infrastructure to understand where fragility, complexity, and risk live. From there, we design an architecture and delivery approach that moves you toward a more stable, scalable, and maintainable platform, without unnecessary disruption.
At the end of the engagement, you walk away with a practical, prioritized modernization plan: what to change, why it matters, and how to move in stages that fit your capacity and risk tolerance.
What's Included
- System audit: applications, services, and integrations
- Data model and warehouse review
- API inventory and dependency mapping
- Architecture assessment and target-state proposal
- Pipeline and orchestration review (Airflow, Prefect, Dagster)
- Cloud infrastructure & security posture review
- AI and analytics layer recommendations
What You Walk Away With
- A clear picture of how your current systems actually work
- A target architecture aligned with your product and data needs
- Prioritized modernization roadmap with phases and milestones
- Recommendations for tools, patterns, and practices to adopt
- Risk assessment and suggested sequencing to reduce disruption
- Documentation your team can reference as they implement
How the Blueprint Works
A calm, structured 4–6 week process designed to reduce uncertainty and build confidence around your next steps.
2. Design
Define target architecture, data flows, pipelines, and cloud foundations with options and tradeoffs clearly laid out.
3. Plan
Produce a phased, prioritized modernization roadmap your team can execute without overwhelming daily operations.
“A good modernization plan doesn't just describe the future,
it shows you how to
get there without breaking what works today.”
The Modernization Blueprint gives you a practical, opinionated path forward—grounded in how your systems and teams actually operate.
Ready for a Clear Modernization Plan?
If you know your platform needs to evolve but aren't sure where to start, the Modernization Blueprint can give your team a calm, confident path forward.
Schedule a Blueprint Conversation
StepStream Solutions is a fractional CTO and product acceleration studio helping founders build trustworthy data platforms and modern cloud foundations.
Solutions
How We Partner
- Fractional CTO leadership for seed to growth teams
- End-to-end data platform and product assessments
- Embedded squads for net-new builds or modernization
Connect
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- Address
- Remote-first · Dallas, TX
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- Phone
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- hello@stepstream.io
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- Availability
- Mon–Fri · 8am – 6pm CT