Ascendion Solutions Architecture Practice

Architecture
Best-Practice Library

Practitioner-grade architecture guidance, patterns, and frameworks — aligned to TOGAF, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and AWS Well-Architected.

All Foundations Architecture Technology Quality & Risk Operations Excellence
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Domains
126
Subsections
408
Documents
Foundations Core principles, patterns, and decision records
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principles/
Architecture Principles
Core principles and philosophies guiding all design decisions across the practice.
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patterns/
Architecture & Design Patterns
Canonical structural, integration, security, and data patterns.
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anti-patterns/
Anti-Patterns
Common design mistakes and legacy pitfalls to recognise and avoid.
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adrs/
Architecture Decision Records
ADRs documenting rationale, context, alternatives, and impact of key decisions.
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views/
Architecture Views
Perspectives: logical, physical, process, deployment, and scenario.
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Architecture System design, DDD, frameworks, and design practices
system-design/
System Design Reference Scenarios
End-to-end reference scenarios and trade-off analysis for scalable systems.
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design/
Detailed Design Practices
Component and service-level design patterns and practices.
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Domain A Domain B
ddd/
Domain-Driven Design
Context mapping, bounded-context patterns, and aggregate design.
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frameworks/
Industry Frameworks Mapping
TOGAF, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, Zachman, and Gartner — mapped to practice.
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Technology Cloud platforms, infrastructure, data, and integration
tech/
Technology Stack Best Practices
AWS, Azure, GCP, Java, Angular, DevOps, and AI/ML best practices.
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cloud/
Cloud Architecture
Multi-cloud reference architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
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infra/
Infrastructure Architecture
IaC, networking, CI/CD, and operational excellence practices.
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data/
Data Architecture
Data modeling, governance, lineage, mesh patterns, and analytics.
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integration/
Integration Architecture
API, event, messaging, workflow, and partner integration patterns.
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Quality & Risk Security, compliance, governance, and non-functional requirements
security/
Security Architecture
End-to-end security design: AuthN/AuthZ, encryption, and cloud controls.
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compliance/
Compliance & Regulatory Frameworks
Standards mappings and compliance controls for enterprise environments.
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governance/
Architecture Governance
Governance structures, review boards, and decision workflows.
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slow fast
nfr/
Non-Functional Requirements
Performance, availability, scalability, and security NFR evaluation.
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Operations Observability, runbooks, checklists, and tooling
observability/
Observability
Metrics, traces, logging, SLIs/SLOs, and SRE operational practices.
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runbooks/
Operational Runbooks
Incident response, rollback, and migration runbooks.
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checklists/
Review Checklists
Architecture, security, and deployment readiness checklists.
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tools/
Architecture Tooling
Automation, validation, and architecture-as-code tooling.
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Excellence AI-native, maturity, strategy, scorecards, roadmaps, playbooks
ai/
AI-Native Architecture
AI-native patterns, LLMOps, RAG, agentic systems, and governance.
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maturity/
Architecture Maturity Models
Capability scoring and maturity criteria for engineering advancement.
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scorecards/
Architecture Scorecards
Scoring templates for continuous architecture quality measurement.
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strategy/
Architecture Strategy
AI readiness, modernization roadmaps, and foundational strategy.
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v1 v2 v3
roadmaps/
Architecture Roadmaps
Platform evolution and capability uplift roadmaps.
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playbooks/
Engineering Playbooks
Step-by-step playbooks for common architecture challenges.
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templates/
Architecture Templates
Reusable templates for ADRs, reviews, and scorecards.
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