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Implementation Roadmap

12-Month Delivery Timeline

Phased implementation across all three initiatives with dependencies, milestones, and critical path highlighted. All three initiatives run in parallel with cross-initiative dependencies managed through quarterly gate reviews.

Legend:
Initiative 1
Initiative 2
Initiative 3
Milestone
Critical Path
Workstream
Q1 — Foundation
Q2 — Core Build
Q3 — Scale
Q4 — Peak Ready
M1
M2
M3
M4
M5
M6
M7
M8
M9
M10
M11
M12
Key Milestones
PoC Gate Review
Responsible Gambling Live
Tyk Phase 1 Complete
Mid-Programme Review
Grand National Rehearsal
Full Platform Go-Live
Initiative 1: Unified Sportsbook API Gateway
RabbitMQ → Tyk Migration
1.1RabbitMQ Audit & API Inventory
RabbitMQ Audit & API Inventory
1.2Tyk Gateway PoC (3 Providers)
Tyk Gateway PoC (3 Providers)
1.3Canonical Data Model Design
Canonical Data Model Design
1.4Phase 1: Tyk Alongside RabbitMQ
Phase 1: Tyk Alongside RabbitMQ
1.5Developer Portal & Documentation
Developer Portal & Documentation
1.6Phase 2: Tyk Streams Migration
Phase 2: Tyk Streams Migration
1.7GraphQL Federation Layer
GraphQL Federation Layer
1.8Phase 3: RabbitMQ Decommission
Phase 3: RabbitMQ Decommission
1.9Grand National Load Test
Grand National Load Test
Initiative 2: AI & Machine Learning Platform
Redshift → SageMaker Intelligence
2.1Redshift Data Quality Audit
Redshift Data Quality Audit
2.2Feature Store & MLOps Setup
Feature Store & MLOps Setup
2.3Responsible Gambling Model
Responsible Gambling Model
2.4Fraud Detection Engine
Fraud Detection Engine
2.5Automated KYC Pipeline
Automated KYC Pipeline
2.6Responsible Gambling Go-Live
Responsible Gambling Go-Live
2.7Personalisation Engine
Personalisation Engine
2.8Dynamic Odds Optimisation
Dynamic Odds Optimisation
2.9Full MLOps Pipeline & Retraining
Full MLOps Pipeline & Retraining
Initiative 3: Automated Intelligence Gateway
Manual Ops → Self-Healing Platform
3.1Infrastructure Audit & IaC Baseline
Infrastructure Audit & IaC Baseline
3.2Kubernetes Cluster Setup
Kubernetes Cluster Setup
3.3Observability Stack
Observability Stack
3.4Predictive Scaling Engine
Predictive Scaling Engine
3.5Self-Healing Runbooks
Self-Healing Runbooks
3.6Policy-as-Code (OPA)
Policy-as-Code (OPA)
3.7Canary Deployment Pipeline
Canary Deployment Pipeline
3.8Chaos Engineering Programme
Chaos Engineering Programme
3.9Grand National Readiness
Grand National Readiness
Cross-Initiative Dependencies

How the Three Initiatives Interconnect

While each initiative delivers standalone value, they share critical dependencies that create compound benefits when delivered together.

2.23.3

ML models need observability

Feature Store & MLOps Setup·M2–M4
Observability Stack·M3–M5
1.42.4

Fraud detection needs API data

Phase 1: Tyk Alongside RabbitMQ·M4–M7
Fraud Detection Engine·M4–M7
3.41.9

Scaling engine supports load test

Predictive Scaling Engine·M5–M8
Grand National Load Test·M11–M12
27
Total Tasks
12
Critical Path Tasks
6
Key Milestones
3
Cross-Dependencies
12 mo
Total Duration