====== Project Documents ======
===== Architecture =====
  * http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nickmalik/archive/2013/05/31/a-practical-set-of-ea-deliverables.aspx


The architectural work products with the artITecture method are a way of documenting and communicating ‘architectural thinking’ so that others may understand why a system is architected (designed) in a particular way. 

  * http://pubs.opengroup.org/architecture/togaf9-doc/arch/chap36.html

36.2.3 Architecture Definition Document

Purpose

The Architecture Definition Document is the deliverable container for the core architectural artifacts created during a project and for important related information. The Architecture Definition Document spans all architecture domains (business, data, application, and technology) and also examines all relevant states of the architecture (baseline, transition, and target).

A Transition Architecture shows the enterprise at an architecturally significant state between the Baseline and Target Architectures. Transition Architectures are used to describe transitional Target Architectures necessary for effective realization of the Target Architecture.

The Architecture Definition Document is a companion to the Architecture Requirements Specification, with a complementary objective:

    The Architecture Definition Document provides a qualitative view of the solution and aims to communicate the intent of the architects.
    The Architecture Requirements Specification provides a quantitative view of the solution, stating measurable criteria that must be met during the implementation of the architecture.

Content

Typical contents of an Architecture Definition Document are:

    Scope
    Goals, objectives, and constraints
    Architecture principles
    Baseline Architecture
    Architecture models (for each state to be modeled):
        Business Architecture models
        Data Architecture models
        Application Architecture models
        Technology Architecture models
    Rationale and justification for architectural approach
    Mapping to Architecture Repository:
        Mapping to Architecture Landscape
        Mapping to reference models
        Mapping to standards
        Re-use assessment
    Gap analysis
    Impact assessment
    Transition Architecture:
        Definition of transition states
        Business Architecture for each transition state
        Data Architecture for each transition state
        Application Architecture for each transition state
        Technology Architecture for each transition state