Architecture Standards Framework
A structured, TOGAF-aligned system of principles, standards, and reusable patterns that brings consistency, traceability, and measurable governance to enterprise architecture decisions.
Why This Exists
Most organizations lack a structured approach to architecture governance. Teams make technology decisions in isolation, security reviews happen too late in the lifecycle, and compliance becomes a firefight rather than an embedded system. Architecture standards, when they exist at all, live in scattered documents that nobody reads or enforces.
This framework solves that by creating a layered, traceable structure: foundational principles establish the “why”, measurable standards establish the “what”, and reusable patterns establish the “how”. Every standard traces back to a principle. Every pattern traces to the standards it satisfies. Teams can self-assess, move fast when they align, and know exactly when governance review is needed.
How This Framework Is Structured
Traceability & Governance
The framework is designed for full traceability. Every standard traces back to one or more principles. Every pattern maps to the specific standards it satisfies. This creates a chain from implementation decisions all the way back to organizational values.
Standards are classified by severity (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW) to differentiate gating requirements from aspirational guidance, and by phase (Phase 1 / Phase 2) to support staged adoption. Teams meeting all Phase 1 HIGH standards using approved patterns can proceed via fast-path governance without full ARB review.