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# Architecture Standards

### Purpose

Architecture standards ensure that solutions are coherent, secure, maintainable, and aligned to customer requirements.

### Architecture Artifacts

Projects should maintain:

* context diagram
* logical architecture
* physical architecture where required
* integration model
* data model
* security architecture
* deployment architecture
* architecture decision records

### Architecture Decisions

Material architecture decisions must record:

* decision
* context
* options considered
* rationale
* consequences
* risks
* owner
* date

### Architecture Review

Architecture should be reviewed:

* during discovery
* during alpha
* before beta build
* before live release
* after major change requests