Pattern Proposal: Strategic Intent-to-Code Traceability
Summary
A formal mechanism to ingest business intent artifacts and trace them through architectural decisions and patterns down to implementation evidence.
Candidate Pattern
- ID:
pattern-business-intent-traceability - Classification: architectural
- Maturity: strategic_direction
- Type: future_direction
Observed Signals
- Intent Definition Gap
- Strategic Drift Detection
Evidence
Architecture Work
Supporting Evidence
Scope Assessment
- Evidence Strength: medium
- Confidence: high
- Applies to: governance, intelligence, contracts
Rationale
- Anchors technical decisions in strategic business value.
- Allows for the automated detection of 'Strategic Drift' where implementation no longer supports the original intent.
Traceability
Artifact source: proposed-patterns