| Agility |
What is the ability of the architecture to adapt to future unanticipated change? |
| Alignment |
To what extent is the architecture aligned with priorities? |
| Business Continuity |
Does the architecture provide the appropriate level of continuity needs relative to the Enterprise’s needs? |
| Change Cost |
What is the impact of a change to the architecture in terms of cost of change? |
| Change Impact |
what is the impact, or scope, of a change to the architecture? |
| Confidence |
What confidence can be placed in the target? |
| Control |
How will we protect assets in the architecture? |
| Customer Intimacy |
Is the Enterprise delivering products and services the customers want? What is the confidence that the new product or service will be liked by them? |
| Dependability |
How will the architecture consistently deliver value and operate safely? |
| Differentiation |
How does some aspect of the architecture address enable differentiation? |
| Efficiency |
How does some aspect of the architecture contribute to efficiency of operations? |
| Feasibility |
Feasibility: what is the probability the architecture will be realized and sustained? |
| Scalability |
Can the architecture and the Enterprise handle the range of demands and growth cycles? |
| Security |
Will the architecture consistently address the risks and opportunities embedded in operations? |
| Specification |
What needs to be built? |
| Value Proposition |
How does some aspect of the architecture address a value proposition? |