Governance & Architecture Decision
This cluster provides a comprehensive perspective on governance and architecture decisions made in software development.
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Decision Scope & Principles
This segment describes the framework within which architecture and governance decisions are made. It includes decision principles, guidelines, trade-offs, scopes of validity, and deliberate boundaries between centralized and decentralized decisions. The focus is on clarity about which decisions are made where and according to which principles.
Architecture Principles
Guiding rules for decisions about system structure, interfaces and quality attributes that promote consistency, maintainability, and scalability.
Decision Scope
Defines which decisions may be made at which organizational level and who is accountable for them.
Guiding Principles
Abstract guidelines that steer decisions in architecture, organization and product direction consistently.