DecisionPen

DecisionPen is an Architecture Decision Workspace designed to automate IT knowledge management and enterprise architecture (EA) modelling. Developed to eliminate the "Discovery Tax" - the 15% to 25% of IT project budgets lost to manual document research and alignment workshops - DecisionPen continuously transforms unstructured institutional memory into a structured, evidence-linked enterprise map. It bridges the gap between static factsheet repositories and unsearchable document archives by grounding architectural entities directly in real-world documentation.

Key Features

• Automated Landscape Modelling: Automatically extracts applications, capabilities, technology components, and integration dependencies from unstructured HLDs, PDFs, meeting transcripts, and architecture diagrams.
• Dual On-Ramp Ingestion: Enables organisations to seed their architecture map via CMDB/spreadsheet imports (structured-first) or directly from document repositories (document-first).
• Human-in-the-Loop Governance: Operates on a governed model where AI proposes updates and relationships, but certified human stewards review and approve changes before canonical map publication.
• Natural Language Interrogation: Allows teams to query complex enterprise relationships, blast-radius dependencies, and tech debt in plain English, receiving answers backed by exact source citations.
• Automated Artefact Generation: Instantly compiles up-to-date solution blueprints, Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), and system documentation directly from live workspace context.
• LeanIX-Compliant Metamodel: Aligns generated entities and relationships with industry-standard EA metamodels to maintain compliance and easy data portability.

Key Benefits & ROI Impact

• Eliminating the "Discovery Tax": Reclaims up to 25% of IT program budgets by cutting months of discovery interviews, legacy archaeology, and manual inventory mapping down to days.
• Zero-Effort Data Freshness: Solves traditional repository drift by automatically updating entity contexts whenever new design documents or transcripts are introduced.
• Accelerated Time-to-Value: Reduces onboarding time for new engineering leads and solution architects by providing instant, cited answers regarding system ownership and legacy constraints.
• Enhanced Solution Architect Adoption: Gives architects immediate day-to-day utility through automated blueprint and ADR creation, encouraging active system governance rather than forced data entry.

Differentiators

• Automated enterprise discovery and modelling from unstructured documents: Point DecisionPen to your architecture repository, it will model your enterprise
• Structure Grounded in Source Evidence: Unlike traditional EA tools that rely on unverified, manual factsheet entries or standalone RAG chatbots that lack formal governance, DecisionPen links structured EA entities directly to underlying document evidence.
• Enterprise Security Architecture: Designed with a hybrid control/data plane architecture (including local MCP Server processing options), allowing regulated enterprises to execute vector parsing and document processing within their own secure VPCs without compromising data residency.