Category: Strategy and architecture

Subcategory: Strategy and planning

Solution architecture - ARCH

Developing and communicating a multi-dimensional solution architecture to deliver agreed business outcomes.

Levels:

Level 4:
Description: Contributes to the development of solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas. Identifies and evaluates alternative architectures and the trade-offs in cost, performance and scalability. Determines and documents architecturally significant decisions. Produces specifications of cloud-based or on-premises components, tiers and interfaces, for translation into detailed designs using selected services and products. Supports projects or change initiatives through the preparation of technical plans and application of design principles. Aligns solutions with enterprise and solution architecture standards (including security).

Level 5:
Description: Leads the development of solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas. Leads the preparation of technical plans and ensures appropriate technical resources are made available. Ensures appropriate tools and methods are available, understood and employed in architecture development. Provides technical guidance and governance on solution development and integration. Evaluates requests for changes and deviations from specifications and recommends actions. Ensures relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices (including security and cost management) are applied correctly.

Level 6:
Description: Leads the development of architectures for complex solutions ensuring consistency with agreed requirements. Establishes policies, principles and practices for the selection of solution architecture components. Manages trade-offs and balances functional, service quality, cost efficiency and systems management requirements within a significant area of the organisation. Communicates proposed decisions to stakeholders. Coordinates and manages the target architecture across multiple projects or initiatives. Maintains a stable, viable architecture and ensures consistency of design and adherence to appropriate standards across multiple projects or initiatives.