Typical Architectural Deliverables

1. Key architectural decisions document that captures the key decisions that were made, and the other alternatives that were considered. To download a template click here or go to http://bredemeyer.com/papers.htm and look for "Key Architecture Decisions Template".
2. Architecture document that captures the following:

• Architecture strategy as defined by the key principles, concepts, style, etc
• Conceptual architecture; modeling the areas that are architecturally significant.
• Architecture risk analysis
• Logical architecture of the architecturally significant areas, focusing on interface definition, and relationships amongst the entities. This also establishes the various layers and tiers.
• Define the various domain objects entering into and flowing through and out of the system.
• Analysis of the non-functional requirements, to derive the key characteristics of the run-time environment.
  
• Run-time view of the system