Quantitative architecture investment analysis

Aligning architectural choices with business strategy

System architectures are among an enterprise’s most important assets. Extending and improving these architectures is often considered a strategic need. However, it is very hard to predict the impact of changes on business objectives. Rather than being supported by quantitative considerations, the decision making process is often based on intuition and experience.

Strategy-focused architectural decision-making is a structured process to clarify the relationship between business strategy and system architecture. In this way decisions can be taken on a solid basis of quantitative understanding.