Pattern Proposal: Architecture Work Registry as Authoritative Source
Summary
The institutionalization of Architecture Work artifacts as the single source of truth for architectural change, where dashboards like AEM are derived rather than authored.
Candidate Pattern
- ID:
pattern-authoritative-architecture-backlog - Classification: governance
- Maturity: emerging
- Type: emerging
Observed Signals
- Regenerated Artifacts Should Not Own Planning State
- Governance Artifacts Prefer Derived State
Evidence
Architecture Work
Supporting Evidence
Scope Assessment
- Evidence Strength: high
- Confidence: high
- Applies to: governance, automation
Rationale
- Prevents the loss of planning information during the regeneration of high-level governance views.
- Enables a persistent audit trail of architectural intent across the project lifecycle.
Traceability
Artifact source: proposed-patterns