User experience
Portals, dashboards, administrative tools and secure forms.
Platform architecture
A clear architecture before costly build decisions
Platform architecture turns business requirements into an understandable system structure. It defines responsibilities, boundaries and information flows before implementation becomes difficult to change.
Architecture layers
Responsibilities and boundaries
Application services
Business rules, workflows, approvals and notifications.
Identity and access
Authentication, authorisation, roles and privileged operations.
Data
Databases, documents, retention, backup and reporting information.
Integrations
APIs, webhooks and boundaries with external services.
Operations
Environments, deployments, logs, alerts, recovery and service ownership.
Architecture outputs
- System context and component diagrams
- Component responsibilities and boundaries
- Roles and authentication approach
- Data and integration flows
- Hosting and deployment model
- Logging, backup and recovery requirements
- Risks, assumptions and unresolved decisions
Designed to be understood
A useful architecture explains why boundaries exist and who will operate them. It gives future delivery teams a clear starting point rather than an unexplained diagram.
Plan your platform architecture
Clarify the important decisions before implementation begins.