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Architecture Readiness Summary

LMU/COICP Example

Architecture Readiness Summary Example

Summarize LMU/COICP ES-104 architecture readiness and hand concrete business-problem scenarios to ES-105 Design so the reader can follow one software project stage by stage.

ES-104 Readiness Design Handoff
← Previous Architecture Review
Current Architecture Readiness Summary
Next → Design

Example purpose

This artifact summarizes ES-104 Architecture.

It decides whether LMU-COICP-ARCH-001 is ready to move into ES-105 Design and whether the handoff is concrete enough for the reader to see the same business problems flow forward.

Project

LMU Campus Operations and Incident Coordination Platform

Document control

Field Value
Artifact owner Architecture Review Board chair
Primary reviewers COICP Product Engineer, IT security reviewer, AI reviewer, Compliance reviewer, Campus Safety liaison
Status Accepted with carried-forward actions
Last updated 2026-07-06
Related Engineering Stage ES-104 — Architecture
Project workspace target docs/project-workspace/architecture/architecture_readiness_summary.md
Previous stage ES-103 — Planning
Next stage ES-105 — Design

Architecture context

Field Value
Source planning package ES-103 — Planning
Architecture baseline produced LMU-COICP-ARCH-001
Design baseline expected next LMU-COICP-DES-001
Implementation baseline expected later LMU-COICP-IMPL-001
Integrated baseline expected later LMU-COICP-INT-001
Release candidate expected later LMU-COICP-RC-001
Downstream release posture Internal engineering review only
Planned downstream review environment LMU-COICP Internal Engineering Review Environment
Planned downstream dataset Spring Semester Synthetic Incident Dataset
Planned downstream synthetic records 421
Planned downstream reviewer accounts 24
Planned downstream review window March 18–22, 2026
AI Incident Summary Deferred / disabled
Operational pilot Not approved

Readiness decision

Decision: Ready to proceed to Design with scenario-specific carry-forward actions.

The architecture package is ready because it now establishes the concrete LMU business problems that Design will elaborate:

  • COICP-SYN-001 Information Commons leak intake;
  • COICP-SYN-118 Damen Hall Facilities handoff;
  • COICP-SYN-204 Mertz Hall Residence Life access;
  • COICP-SYN-219 Cudahy Science HVAC closure;
  • COICP-SYN-322 emergency-boundary rejection;
  • COICP-SYN-407 optional IT ownership extension.

Completed artifacts

Artifact Status Design Handoff
architecture_overview.md Complete scenario set, priorities, constraints, risks
system_context.md Complete actors, systems, boundaries, trust zones
component_model.md Complete component responsibilities by scenario
data_and_evidence_flow.md Complete scenario evidence flows and event points
quality_attribute_strategy.md Complete quality risks tied to scenarios
ai_control_architecture.md Complete AI disabled behavior and future AI boundary
architecture_decision_records.md Complete scenario-driven architecture decisions
architecture_review.md Complete scenario coverage, findings, handoff actions

Scenario handoff to Design

Scenario Design Must Produce
COICP-SYN-001 IF-001 create incident, WF-001 workflow, IncidentRecord example, INCIDENT_CREATED EvidenceEvent
COICP-SYN-118 IF-002 handoff, OWNER_CHANGED / HANDOFF_RECORDED evidence, fail-safe evidence write behavior, future review package
COICP-SYN-204 Residence Life scoped access, denied export behavior, access matrix
COICP-SYN-219 status transition table, closure rationale, invalid transition handling
COICP-SYN-322 emergency-boundary block/redirect behavior and warning text
COICP-SYN-407 optional IT ownership and handoff extension scenario

Major architecture decisions carried forward

  • Use current state plus evidence history.
  • Require evidence for material state changes.
  • Disable AI Incident Summary through RC-001.
  • Use scenario-scoped role-based access.
  • Block emergency-related inputs instead of creating normal incidents.
  • Treat Spring Semester Synthetic Incident Dataset as review-data boundary.
  • Defer full review export until evidence behavior stabilizes.

Risks carried forward

Risk Scenario Target Stage
Evidence write failure COICP-SYN-118 / COICP-SYN-219 Design → Implementation → Testing → DEF-003
Role matrix incomplete COICP-SYN-204 Design → Implementation → Testing → DEF-002
Invalid transition COICP-SYN-219 Design → Implementation → Testing → DEF-001
Emergency-boundary wording weak COICP-SYN-322 Design → Implementation → Testing → DEF-004
Build/test evidence weak all implementation Implementation → Testing → DEF-005
AI accidentally enabled all RC-001 Design → Testing → Release → Governance
Real/sensitive data entered all scenarios Operations → Monitoring → Governance

Readiness for ES-105

Yes, Design can begin.

Design must not invent a new project. It must elaborate the same scenario set, same business problems, same boundaries, same evidence needs, same AI-disabled posture, and same internal-review-only release posture.

Final architecture-readiness statement

LMU/COICP is ready to begin ES-105 Design.

The architecture now establishes a clear flow of business problems into the next stage. Design should convert these architecture decisions into concrete interfaces, data structures, workflows, access rules, AI-disabled behavior, exception handling, and technical decisions.

Continue to Design

Use the accepted scenario-driven architecture package to define concrete interfaces, data structures, workflows, access rules, AI-disabled behavior, exception handling, and technical decisions.

Open Design →