Pattern Proposal: Business Intent Traceability

Summary

Model business intent as governed architecture knowledge and trace it through decisions, patterns, Architecture Work, and implementation evidence, enabling strategic alignment and impact analysis.

Candidate Pattern

• ID: pattern-business-intent-traceability
• Classification: architectural
• Maturity: strategic_direction
• Type: future_direction

Observed Signals

• Business intent integration
• End-to-end traceability from business to code

Evidence

Architecture Work

• aw-ideas-to-life-cas-2026-05-31-006
• aw-ideas-to-life-cas-2026-06-06-003

Supporting Evidence

• aem
• current_architecture_state

Scope Assessment

• Evidence Strength: high
• Confidence: high
• Applies to: governance, intelligence, contracts

Rationale

• Architectural decisions should be anchored in business drivers to remain strategically relevant.
• The future vision and architecture work items call for connecting business intent to code reality.

Traceability

Artifact source: proposed-patterns