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Contact the Enterprise Architecture (EA) Team for support at any point in the process.
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- Identify the project's lead architect who must be a qualified solution architect or equivalent. The EA Team can help identify a resource.
- Have the lead architect engage the EA Team to review the project and the governance process requirements.
- Involve the project's lead architect in the purchasing evaluation of software products, SaaS services, or hosted applications.
- Request review of the leading candidates for purchase, by the EA the EA Team, to determine technical fit before making a purchasing decision.
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- Discuss the preliminary architecture with the EA Team. The EA Team will The EA Team will determine the IT Solution Architecture Review requirement.
- No review required.
- EA Team review Team review required.
- Technology Architecture Committee (TAC) review required.
- Schedule the IT Solution Architecture Review with the EA Team well the EA Team well in advance of the design gate gating meeting.
- Design the solution, sharing preliminary designs and refinements with the EA Team.
- Use the IT Solution Architecture Review Guidelines to make sure you have included the required elements. Feel free to use your own design tools for detailed diagrams.
- Present the solution design to the EA Team or Team or TAC, as previously determined, for the IT Solution Architecture Review.
- The IT Solution Architecture Review will issue a ruling of 1] Approved, 2] Approved with contingency, or 3] Not approved. It will also document approved exceptions.
- Evaluate the IT Solution Architecture Review feedback and incorporate required and suggested changes into the architecture as appropriate, being sure to resolve all contingencies.
- Submit the final documentation to the EA Team for the EA Team for a final review.
- The EA Team will The EA Team will post the final documentation and record the IT Solution Architecture Review decision to the IT Architecture Repository.
Build Gate
- Provide the EA Team with Team with documentation of substantive IT Solution Architecture design changes for final approval.
- The EA Team will The EA Team will post the final documentation to the IT Architecture Repository.
- Make sure the technical lead is available during the build phase to address unforeseen architectural concerns.
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- Make sure the technical lead is available during the implementation phase to address unforeseen architectural concerns.
- Provide the EA Team with Team with documentation of unforeseen IT architecture issues that arose during implementation.