# ID-T03 — Data change and checks

Adrian Sutherland · Version 1.0 · Refreshed September 2026

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Adapt these prompts to your existing records and methodology.

## Process areas

A Simple Architectural Framework (ASAF) describes four continuing areas of work.

Map the work to your actual stages and reviews. Areas may share a review or
repeat at different scopes. Keep the accepted starting point between cycles.

| ASAF process area | Question | Your activity, owner and retained record |
|---|---|---|
| Visioning | What future outcome and qualities should this change serve? | [fill] |
| Transforming | What changes, checks and handover are required? | [fill] |
| Operating | How will the result be run, supported and observed? | [fill] |
| Governing | Who accepts decisions, exceptions and any wider reconsideration? | [fill] |

## Trigger and retained decisions

- Problem, proposed decision identifier and scope: [fill]
- Accepted purpose, definitions and relationships retained: [fill]
- Finding that would reopen a wider decision: [fill]

## Options and decision

- Options, likely trade-offs and basis for judgement: [fill]
- Proposed or accepted choice, reason and decision owner: [fill]
- Architecture-work and service-result measures, with available baselines: [fill]

## Affected records and consumers

- Definitions, fields, representations and readers affected: [fill]
- Conversion rules, uncertain values and compatibility arrangements: [fill]
- Access, correction, retention and downstream history effects: [fill]

## Checks and expected results

- Synthetic or permitted sample, rule being checked and expected result: [fill]
- Missing, conflicting, repeated and corrected-record cases: [fill]
- Actual results, date, version and accepting reviewer: [fill]

## Recovery and handover

- Backout or recovery plan and treatment of updates during the change: [fill]
- Reconciliation, receiving owner, support instructions and review trigger: [fill]

## Methodology configuration

- Existing delivery stages, iterations or reviews: [fill]
- Local correction authority and wider definition-change authority: [fill]

## History and next decision

- Version, date, status and retained earlier decisions: [fill]
- Outstanding questions, owners and next review: [fill]