Solution Architecture Document - template

This document contains Solution Architecture Process and Solution Architecture Document as a result artifact.

General information

Basically the SA working process consist of the main phases:

• Requirement gathering
  • Stakeholders
  • Functional requirements
  • Non Functional requirements
  • Constraints
  • Assumptions
• Solution Architecture Design
  • Quality Attributes
  • Architecture Significant Requirements
  • Current Architecture
• Time estimation and WBS
• PoC creating
• Development
• Migration

SAD template

The solution architecture document template can be copied to a documentation system like Confluence, Docx, wiki and be modified as per need. The template can be found here.

Recommended links/books

• The 4 + 1 View Model of Software Architecture by Philippe Kruhten
• Rational Unified Process
• Software Engineering Institute
• C4 model by Simon Brown