DAMA DATA PROJECT SKILLSDOCUMENTATION · RELEASE 1.1.0

KNOWLEDGE LIBRARY V1.1.0

Data Architecture Delivery Pack

Skill: designing-data-architecture

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Record details

ID Field Project value
artifact_id Artifact ID
project Project
skill Skill
version Version
date Date
status Status
author Author
owner Owner
approver Approver
purpose Purpose
business_outcome Business outcome
scope Scope and exclusions
source_inputs Inputs and sources
assumptions Assumptions and constraints
decisions Decisions
rationale Rationale
risks Risks
exceptions Exceptions
open_items Open items
due_date Due date
acceptance_criteria Acceptance criteria
evidence_location Evidence location
reviewer_decision Reviewer decision
next_gate Next stage gate

Domain analysis and decisions

Business outcome and scope (business_outcome)

State the business capabilities, decisions, and boundaries the architecture must support.

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Current-state evidence (current_state)

Describe systems, flows, ownership, and known problems with evidence dates.

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Principles and requirements (principles)

Distinguish mandatory constraints from negotiable design preferences.

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Target architecture (target_state)

Describe target capabilities, data boundaries, interfaces, governance, and operations ownership.

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Transition architecture (transition)

Define deliverable interim states, migration order, and compatibility measures.

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Key decisions and trade-offs (tradeoffs)

Record alternatives, trade-offs, approval roles, and triggers for revisiting decisions.

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Conformance and acceptance (conformance)

List standards, exceptions, tests, and view-review evidence.

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Dependency roadmap (roadmap)

Map capability and data dependencies to gates and verifiable exits.

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Working registers

Capabilities (capabilities)

Compare current and target capabilities with dependencies.

Capability (capability) Current state (current) Target state (target) Dependency (dependency) Owner (owner) Evidence (evidence)

Architecture Decisions (decisions)

Record architectural choices, trade-offs, and approval evidence.

Decision (decision) Rationale (rationale) Impact (impact) Owner (owner) Approver (approver) Evidence (evidence) Review date (review_date)