| layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Architecture requirements define the structural and technical constraints and decisions that shape a system’s overall design as well as the framework for the building blocks. These include technology choices, integration patterns, deployment strategies, scalability models and how different components interact. They guide the system’s evolution, ensure consistency across modules, and align the technical foundation with organizational strategy, often serving as a contract between development and operations.
Architecture requirements include cross-functional requirements. Cross-functional requirements, formerly labeled as non-functional requirements, encompass qualities like availability, security, performance, usability, and maintainability. These requirements directly impact the effectiveness and user perception of business services, thus they are not entirely non-functional. Cross-functional requirements span across services and systems, shaping how government capabilities operate in practice and how they meet user expectations, making them critical to service success.
The entirety of these documents are mandatory to be followed in the GovStack specification developments.