5,000 requirements - one architecture. Will it work and support the next 10 releases without refactoring?
agileSEQUENT architecture consulting services have two distinct offerings: architecture alignment and architecture development.
Architecture alignment engagement focuses on aligning business drivers with architecture foundation elements (for example: scalability) and metrics (0 to 10,000 concurrent users).
Architecture development engagement focuses on ensuring that the current or proposed technical architecture will clearly reflect and incorporate previously defined architecture foundation elements.
Product (or application) architecture must ultimately support business requirements. Reaching and maintaining deep and broad awareness of these requirements is the first step to ensure the success of a product development project. The actual technical architecture – while a necessary element – is simply a critical enabler.
How agileSEQUENT can help
The Architecture Alignment engagement is typically conducted in 3 days, but sometimes requires more time depending upon how many stakeholders in your organization need to be reached and interviewed.
agileSEQUENT expert architects will help you to review and confirm business drivers which may influence the technical architecture later:
- Product positioning: is your product a competitive response? Then elements of your plan have already been written by your competitors. Or – are you developing a new product that will change the competitive dynamics of the market?
- Sense of urgency: how much time do you have to develop the product or the next major release? What compromises may have to be made if the product has to be developed early as a competitive response?
- Product packaging: needs of enterprise and smaller customers can be radically different, requiring different design and implementation approaches. What if one approach does not work for all customer segments? What’s impact on the architecture, development plans, and budgets?
- Scalability: in each customer segment, how many users will use the application?
- External integration: does the success of your product depend on integration with other products?
- Budgets: do you have detailed product development plans with detailed work breakdown structure, work estimates, and costs?
For more information
Please contact sales@agilesequent.com for more information about our Architecture Alignment consulting services.
