Impact Analysis & Traceability
Understanding how the architecture components are connected, their relationships. Ensuring different parts of the organization get benefits from an architecture repository is key to long term success. Impact analysis is usually welcomed by operational infrastructure folks & application development teams.
Typical Questions include:
- Which applications are consuming a specific interface?
- What business functions are impacted by certain physical device or certain configuration (CMDB)?
- What does the system architecture for application XYZ look like?
- which applications require enhancements in order for us to achieve a specific corporate goal?