The purpose of an Architecture Review is to examine a proposed project to determine whether a practical solution can be based on existing resources, purchased components, or software developed in-house. In all cases when new systems are being considered, the emphasis should first be on reusing existing resources. If this is not practical then a third-party solution should be considered. In-house development should be proposed only as a last resort. Note that "third-party" simply means "not developed in-house." Third-party solutions may be commercial, open source, shareware, provided by another UC campus, etc.
The Architecture Review is conducted by the Architecture Review Board (ARB). The ARB will review the project and make recommendations based on what is known about existing resources and OIT's ability to support proposed solutions.
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| Review existing Enterprise Architecture Documents | - Ensure that you are following all Standards and Guidelines
- Architecture Design Worksheet
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| Are Campus Browser Standards supported? | - Justification must be provided if Campus Browser Standards are not met.
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| Submit your application for review by Architecture Review Board | - Contact one of the Software Development Directors in OIT to assemble a team of appropriate software engineers that can help do a peer review of the application architecture.
- Project Proposals submitted to the ARB must be accompanied by an Architecture Review Summary document. This document contains a series of questions that will help the ARB make recommendations on the project. When completing the Architecture Review, only summary information is needed where details are available from other sources. Questions that cannot be answered at the time the Architecture Review is completed will be filled in by the ARB or other sources consulted during the course of the proposal review. (A summary of the questions that are asked in the Architecture Review document are available in the Architecture Review Decision Matrix.)
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| Recommendation of ARB reviewed? | - After considering the recommendations of the ARB, an application must be approved by Executive Management prior to release for general use.
- Depending on whether the system is being developed in-house or acquired from a third party, use one of the following forms to track schedule dates and sign-offs for the Architecture Review:
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