Architecture Vision

Purpose

The Architecture Vision is created early on in the ADM cycle. It provides a summary of the changes to the enterprise that will accrue from successful deployment of the Target Architecture. The purpose of the Architecture Vision is to provide key stakeholders with a formally agreed outcome. Early agreement on the outcome enables the architects to focus on the detail necessary to validate feasibility. Providing an Architecture Vision also supports stakeholder communication by providing a summary version of the full Architecture Definition.

Content

Typical contents of an Architecture Vision are:

• Problem description:
  • Stakeholders and their concerns
  • List of issues/scenarios to be addressed
• Objective of the Statement of Architecture Work
• Summary views necessary for the Request for Architecture Work and the Draft Business, Data, Application, and Technology Architectures created; typically including:
  • Value Chain diagram
  • Solution Concept diagram
• Mapped requirements
• Reference to Draft Architecture Definition Document