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Comprehensive Architecture Review and Recommendation

The Comprehensive Architecture Review and Recommendation (CARR) provides an in-depth evaluation of your enterprise's architecture. The CARR takes an architectural approach to addressing specific questions and concerns that you may have. It is intended to clarify business, application, and technology discussions and help your organization make specific technology decisions.

The CARR approach analyzes the enterprise architecture and infrastructure that will be required to meet your objectives, whether they involve an EA, an organizational transition, or the implementation of a single application using architecture-focused development techniques. The CARR articulates the business, technology, and development goals as well as the architectural requirements implied by these goals. And the CARR highlights technical issues that might impede achievement of these requirements and goals.

An important deliverable of a CARR is the initial design of a target architecture. This could be a high-level SOA, a draft business architecture, or an application or technology architecture. For example, a draft technical architecture might present the services, frameworks, and design patterns that constitute a true enterprise-scale architecture that is tailored to your enterprise's current situation and future goals.

For more information on customizing a consulting engagement for your organization, contact Jack Wainwright, +1 781-641-5122 or jwainwright@cutter.com.

For more information on customizing a consulting engagement for your organization, contact Jack Wainwright, +1 781-641-5122 or jwainwright@cutter.com.

Comprehensive Architecture Review and Recommendation