Concerns

Concern Description
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?