Application Architecture Summarization

Objectives

The objective of this task is to summarize the general system, data access layer and presentation layer architecture assessments. This includes calculating a summary architectural score and finalizing the narrative summaries from the other architecture assessments.

Entrance Criteria

Completion of the general system architecture, the data access layer and the presentation layer assessment.

Roles/Skills

The personnel and skill requirements necessary to meet the application architecture summarization task objectives are identified below.

· Current Systems Expert

- Knowledge of existing user interfaces and views

- Knowledge of existing technical interfaces and views

· Target System Functional Expert

- Knowledge of target architecture requirements

· Metric Analyst

- Ability to assess & record architectural metrics

· User Requirements Analyst

- Knowledge of current system capabilities and objectives

Input Requirements

The system components and related inputs required to initiate and complete the application architecture summarization task are listed below.

· Completed Architecture Assessment Form 006 for all systems assessed

Note: Architectural metrics are typically collected and summarized for each system assessed.

· Narrative from general system, presentation layer and data access layer assessment tasks

· Metric values AGM 100, APM 004 and ADM 006 as recorded for each system assessed on Form 006

Tool/Technology Support

Technologies supporting the application architecture summarization task include spreadsheet, project management and word processing tools. These tools are used to represent information as required by this task.

Spreadsheet

This tool is used to record metric results for this task.

Word processor

This is required to record analysis results.

Task Steps

The application architecture summarization task is comprised of the following task steps:

Build Architecture Summary Metrics
Verify & Finalize Architecture Analysis Results