Enterprise Data Intelligence Blueprint
This blueprint collects resources that describe Intuitas’ approach to designing and delivering Data, AI, and Governance solutions.
It is updated regularly and covers strategic, enterprise, and solution-level practices drawn from our R&D, common questions, and project experience.
The ideas and patterns reflect Intuitas’ design philosophy:
- grounded in large, multi-domain enterprise deployments, yet adaptable to organisations of any size or type
- evolving, opinionated, and open to challenge
- demonstrable in working environments on request
We share this blueprint with our customer and partner community to promote our vision of ‘good design’, help avoid pitfalls, and speed up delivery.
We encourage you to explore, share and build on this information, with proper attribution to Intuitas and consideration as set out in our license and disclaimer.
“To build a home, you need a plan — but for it to thrive, you need a town plan.”
Section titled ““To build a home, you need a plan — but for it to thrive, you need a town plan.””
Get help
Section titled “Get help”Contact us at office@intuitas.com to:
- Find out more, or provide feedback.
- Access our demonstration environment or any of the tools and technologies presented
- Get further help in: strategy, architecture, planning, training, implementation and governance.
Table of Contents
Section titled “Table of Contents”- Organisational & Domain Definition
- Strategies and Objectives
- Key Systems and Data Assets
- Team Capabilities and Roles
- Governance Structures
- Funding and costing structures
- Key Concepts
- Reference topologies
- Enterprise Data Platform Reference Architecture
- Enterprise (Logical) Data Warehouse Reference Architecture
- Enterprise Information and Data Architecture
- Enterprise Metadata
- Enterprise Security
- Enterprise Data Governance
- Enterprise Billing
- Business Architecture
- Infrastructure
- Data & Information Models
- Data Architecture
- Data Engineering
- Data Governance
Standards and conventions
Section titled “Standards and conventions”Modelling framework and standards
Section titled “Modelling framework and standards”Overview
Section titled “Overview”This blueprint is intentionally opinionated and provides practical patterns for designing and delivering enterprise-scale Data, AI, and Governance solutions. It is updated through ongoing R&D, customer engagements, lessons learned, and product evaluations, and reflects the products available as at July 2026.
It follows an iterative approach where each level builds on the previous one, while each level can be revisited and refined as capabilities mature.
Organisations may begin at any level depending on their maturity, but all levels should be considered and validated for applicability:
- Level 0: Context Setting - Define organisational objectives, domain structures, and strategic goals
- Level 1: Enterprise Architecture - Apply enterprise-wide patterns and reference topologies
- Level 2: Domain Solutions - Implement domain-specific solutions using enterprise patterns
- Standards & Conventions - Apply consistent naming and conventions throughout
See the Copyright, Licensing and Disclaimer information
Design Principles
Section titled “Design Principles”“The alternative to good design is always bad design. There is no such thing as no design.” - Adam Judge
Section titled ““The alternative to good design is always bad design. There is no such thing as no design.” - Adam Judge”
Our approach is guided by nine principles that support transparent decision-making, trade-off evaluation, and strategic alignment.
Readers should consider the priority and implication of these principles alongside any existing principles applicable within their organisation.
| # | Principle | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Think big, start small | Balance rapid delivery with strategic positioning. Deliver value iteratively. Ensure investments deliver sustained benefits without creating technical debt. |
| 2 | Empowered Autonomy | Enable domain experts to manage data independently while leveraging shared, scalable foundations. |
| 3 | Disciplined Core, Flexible Edge | Federated governance model that ensures policy consistency while enabling rapid, domain-specific delivery. |
| 4 | Actionable Data | Real-time extraction of all data (structured & unstructured) with platforms ready for immediate insights and AI/ML. |
| 5 | Make It Easy to Do the Right Thing | Provide automation and platforms that guide users toward secure, policy-aligned practices with little effort. |
| 6 | Cost Transparency and Efficiency | Transparent cost models with pay-for-value usage while promoting reuse and removing sharing barriers. |
| 7 | Adaptability for Growth | Platforms adapt to changing business needs, data growth, and diverse workloads. |
| 8 | Interoperability and Inclusion | Smooth integration across cloud, on-premises, and diverse technology stacks (bring-your-own). |
| 9 | Flexibility Through Standards | Technology-agnostic, standards-based components that maintain flexibility and prevent vendor lock-in. |
Getting Started
Section titled “Getting Started”Recommended starting point by role:
| Role | Recommended Path | Focus Areas |
|---|---|---|
| Leaders & Architects | Levels 0-1 | Strategic alignment, enterprise patterns, governance frameworks |
| Domain & Technical Teams | Level 2 | Practical implementation within established enterprise frameworks |
Licensing and disclaimer
Section titled “Licensing and disclaimer”Copyright: This knowledgebase and associated content are the original works of © Intuitas PTY LTD, 2025–2026. All rights reserved. Any referenced or third-party materials remain the property of their respective copyright holders. Every effort has been made to accurately reference and attribute existing content, and no claim of ownership is made over such materials.
License: Free use, reproduction, and adaptation permitted with prior consent and appropriate attribution to Intuitas PTY LTD. Referenced third-party content is subject to the copyright terms of their respective owners.
Disclaimer:
- Content is provided for general information only
- The information provided is general in nature and may not cover all scenarios or workloads. It does not constitute professional advice and should not be relied on as a substitute for advice tailored to your circumstances.
- The information provided reflects the products and functionality available in general release at the time of publishing. While every effort is made to maintain accuracy and update information as features evolve, the timeliness of these updates cannot be guaranteed. Preview features are labelled as such and should be validated before production use.
- No liability is accepted by Intuitas PTY LTD for errors or omissions.
- Readers are encouraged to independently validate all claims and undertake benchmark against their own use cases and projected workloads.
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