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Architecture Standards Kit (ISO, SEI)

Standards-based architecture practice: ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010, 42020 and 42030, QAW, ATAM, CBAM and ARID, arc42, C4, Zachman and UAF descriptions, ADRs and fitness functions.

Step 1

Drivers and requirements

  1. Stakeholder Requirements Specification (StRS) Template

    Full

    Stakeholder needs per group with attributes, business context, operational modes, scenarios and traceability (StRS)

    ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148:2018

  2. Quality Attribute Workshop (QAW) Report Template

    Full

    Eight QAW steps, drivers, raw and consolidated scenarios, 30% vote allocation, six-part refined scenarios, issues, coverage and traceability, next steps

    SEI Quality Attribute Workshop, CMU/SEI-2003-TR-016 (3rd ed.)

  3. Non-Functional Requirements & Quality Attribute Scenarios Template

    Full

    ISO/IEC 25010:2023 qualities, utility tree priorities, six-part scenarios, measurement methods and acceptance thresholds

    ISO/IEC 25010:2023, SEI quality attribute scenarios
Step 2

Architecture description

  1. Architecture Description Template (ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010)

    Full

    Full architecture description per ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2022 – stakeholders, concerns, viewpoints, views, correspondences, decisions

    ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2022

  2. Architecture Process Plan and Records Template (ISO/IEC/IEEE 42020)

    Full

    Collection scope, tailoring, six processes (governance, management, conceptualization, evaluation, elaboration, enablement), RACI, registers, metrics

    ISO/IEC/IEEE 42020:2019 (structure only)

  3. arc42 Architecture Documentation Template

    Full

    Complete arc42 9.1 documentation: all 12 chapters with sub-sections, ISO/IEC 25010:2023 and Q42 quality tree and scenarios, risks, worked examples

    arc42 9.1; ISO/IEC 25010:2023; Q42 quality model

  4. C4 Architecture Document Template (C4 Model)

    Full

    C4 model document with Mermaid C4 diagrams – context, containers, components, code, landscape, dynamic, deployment, element catalogues

    C4 model

  5. Zachman Framework Classification Template

    Full

    Zachman 3.0 classification: artefact inventory, 6x6 cell inventory and scores, primitive vs composite split, gaps, alignment checks, framework mapping, owners

    Zachman Framework 3.0 (row and column labels)

  6. UAF Architecture Description Template (UAF 1.3)

    Full

    UAF 1.3 grid selection, Strategic, Operational, Services, Personnel, Resources, Security, Projects, Standards viewpoints, traceability, DoDAF and NAF map

    OMG UAF 1.3 (April 2026); ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2022
Step 3

Decisions

  1. Architecture Decision Record Template (Tyree-Akerman, Y-Statement)

    Standard

    Detailed ADR – Tyree & Akerman fields (assumptions, constraints, positions, argument, implications, related items) plus Y-statement

    Tyree & Akerman decision template; Y-statement (Zimmermann)

  2. Architecture Cost-Benefit Analysis Template (SEI CBAM)

    Full

    CBAM steps 1-9, response levels, utility curves, vote weights, strategies, benefit and ROI, sensitivity, decision, traceability

    SEI CBAM (CMU/SEI-2002-TR-035)

  3. Technology Selection Template (Weighted Decision Matrix)

    Full

    Technology or product evaluation with knock-out screening, weighted matrix scored by several evaluators, PoC results, risks, cost, decision, due diligence and exit plan

Step 4

Evaluation and safety

  1. Architecture Evaluation Plan and Report Template (ISO/IEC/IEEE 42030)

    Full

    Evaluation context, objectives, factors, methods (ATAM plug-in), analysis, value assessment, synthesis, findings, confidence, traceability matrix

    ISO/IEC/IEEE 42030:2019 (structure only)

  2. Architecture Evaluation Report Template (ATAM)

    Full

    ATAM evaluation report – business drivers, approaches, utility tree, voted scenarios, sensitivity and trade-off points, risks, risk themes

    SEI ATAM

  3. ARID Intermediate Design Review Template (SEI)

    Full

    ARID rehearsal and review phases, roles, RACI, seed scenarios, scenario votes, application log with pseudo-code, issue log, exit decision

    SEI ARID (CMU/SEI-2000-TN-009)

  4. Architecture Fitness Functions Catalogue Template

    Standard

    Catalogue of executable architecture checks per quality attribute: type, metric, threshold, tool, cadence, owner, result

    Building Evolutionary Architectures (fitness function concept)