Architecture Portal

Channel templates

Editable decisions and checks.

Adrian Sutherland · Version 1.0 · · © 2005–2026

Using the records

Adapt the record to the way your team reviews continuity between channels. The blank and worked versions use the same headings. The worked version explores the fictional training-provider example.

Checks and diagrams

The comma-separated values (CSV) tables keep expected and actual results separate. The example checks have not been run. The Mermaid diagram source and JSON relationship data let you edit the diagrams.

Methodology configuration

Use a field from your existing records where it answers the same question. Methodology configuration explains how to map terms, records and reviews to your own approach.

Edition and reuse

Version 1.0 · September 2026 · © 2005–2026 Adrian Sutherland.

Refreshed for the September 2026 website update. Keep the edition note with the files and identify adaptations by their source asset, version and filename. The completed examples are fictional; proposed checks need actual results before they can support a service decision.

Read the edition note for authorship and version history.

The Portal-authored downloads use CC BY 4.0: reuse and adapt them with credit, a licence link and changes identified. The edition note records the scope and any separate notices.

About this edition

Refreshed for the September 2026 website update. This edition develops the earlier Architecture Portal and ASAF material; the fictional worked example was added in 2026.

Scope, limitations and next checks

Status and accountability

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Status

In development

Last reviewed

Intended users

  • Architects comparing and adapting their existing approach

Non-goals

  • Prescribing a mandatory method or claiming measured benefits

Limitations

  • Guidance illustrated by a fictional example; proposed designs and checks have not been implemented or run.

Next evidence sought

  • Review the guidance and try its records with a practising architect.