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A one-page record for one significant decision: context, the options weighed, the choice and the consequences accepted, with a status field so later records can supersede it.
Use · Write it when the decision is made and keep it with the work it governs; never edit an accepted record, supersede it.
Terms · Architecture Decision Record,Architecture Principle,Architecture Review Board
Related · Architecture Decision Records,arc42
One row per governance outcome (a review decision, an exception to a standard, a waiver of a principle or a deviation found later) with the capability it affects, the principle or standard it departs from, conditions, an expiry date and an owner.
Use · Every exception and waiver gets an expiry and an owner; review the register on a schedule and close or renew what has expired rather than letting it pile up.
Terms · Architecture Governance Register,Architecture Review Board,Architecture Principle,Technology Standard,Architecture Decision Record
Related · Govern by Guardrails, Not Gates,Record Decisions Where the Work Is,Exception Management
One row per capability with an owner, strategic importance and current performance on a one-to-five scale, investment trend, risk and the applications that realize it, ready to load into a spreadsheet or EA tool.
Use · Score only the capabilities a real decision needs, agree the scales before scoring, and color from the gap between importance and performance.
Terms · Capability Heat Map,Capability Map,Business Capability
Related · BIZBOK Guide
One row per capability and Business Application pair, with the level of support, a TIME-model disposition, the data concepts the application masters for that capability and the share of the application's cost attributed to it, ready to pivot into a matrix.
Use · Capabilities with no application are gaps, with several are overlap to explain, and a data concept mastered twice is a system-of-record finding; seed it from the product map export if you start from vendors.
Terms · Application Rationalization,TIME Model,Business Application,System of Record,Application Portfolio
Related · Application Portfolio Rationalization,Capabilities Outlive Applications,One System of Record per Business Object,Business Application
Current and target elements compared row by row, grouped by capability, each marked keep, change, new or retire, with the gap described, the work package that closes it, a priority and dependencies.
Use · Look for gaps and for unplanned retirements; sort by work package to turn the matrix into a first draft of the roadmap and its transition steps.
Terms · Gap Analysis,Current State,Target State,Transition Architecture,Roadmap
Related · Target State Definition,Architecture Roadmapping,Strangle, Do Not Rewrite
A worksheet for drafting a business-architecture Value Stream: stakeholder, trigger and outcome, then five to nine stages with entry and exit conditions, the capabilities each relies on, pain points and one measure.
Use · Draft it with the people who live the stream, start from a catalog Value Stream when one fits, and read across the stages for shared capabilities.
Terms · Value Stream,Value Stream Stage,Value Stream Mapping
Related · Lead-to-Cash,BIZBOK Guide