Decision Governance for IT™
For CIOs, CTOs, and chief architects
Velocity with control.
Enterprise architecture and CIO operations, distilled to a real-world process for introducing, managing, and maintaining your tech stack.
Intake, architecture assessments, and Architecture Review Board decisions in one place, from request to outcome.
The problem
Traditional EA has become an insurance policy that costs more than the accident.
TOGAF and Zachman were designed for a time when software shipped on CDs once a year. Today that complexity, Togafian complexity, builds an ivory tower that slows innovation down.
Modern enterprises don't need a static roadmap; they need a GPS. They need architecture that moves at the speed of code and business strategy.
Decision Governance for IT™ keeps every request, assessment, and decision in one place, so the route can change when the business does.
01 · Request
One front door for technology requests.
Requests come in through one form. Each one has an owner, a status, and a history.
Self-service intake
Anyone can submit a request, see where it stands, and find past decisions before asking again.
Policy checks
Requests that pass the policy checks take the fast track.
Status without chasing
Requesters follow each request from submission to outcome.
People route around slow front doors. A team that can't get a quick answer buys the tool, spins up the service, and tells you later. Decision Governance for IT™ makes the right path the easy one.
02 · Assess
An independent assessment, grounded in your portfolio.
Domain architects assess the current and future state of each request against what you already run. The assessment goes to the board and to the requester.
Discovery
Domain architects review every request before the board sees it.
Diagrams
Current and future state diagrams stay attached to the assessment.
The architect's viewpoint
It sits on the item before anyone votes.
03 · Decide
Easy decisions take the fast track. The board decides the rest.
Fast-tracks and minor amendments that pass the policy checks go on the consent list and are noted as a block. The chair can pull any item back for full review. The full board spends its time on the items that need discussion.
ARB sessions
Agenda, attendees, and a chair who runs the session in one view.
Required approvers
Set by decision type. Each approver records Approve, With condition, or Object.
Conditions and reasons
Approvals can carry conditions. Every decision records its rationale on the record.
04 · Record
Every decision, on the record.
Minutes generate from the session. Every decision keeps its rationale, its conditions, and its outcome, and stays searchable.
Generated minutes
Minutes come from the session, not from someone's notes.
A searchable record
Find what was decided, by whom, and why.
Status to outcome
Requesters and the CIO see where every request stands.
Works where teams work
Microsoft Teams, Slack, ServiceNow, and Jira.
One decision, on the record
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Signal
Engineers already use personal AI accounts.
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Owner
Priya Raman, Platform Engineering.
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Decision Oct 8 session
Security approved with a condition. Finance approved. Privacy and Legal to vote.
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Action
90-day pilot for Platform Engineering.
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Outcome
Recorded after the pilot.
Who it's for
Everyone who touches a technology decision.
CIOs, CTOs, and chief architects
See what is pending, what was decided, and why. Without chasing status.
Architects and the board
Requests arrive with the detail the review needs, and the board decides with the assessment in front of it.
Everyone who builds
Submit a request, follow it, and find past decisions before asking again.
Why teams choose it
Simple and effective.
Simple
Built so your own team can configure it.
Effective
Intake, assessment, review, and decision, from request to outcome.
See a request go from intake to a recorded decision.
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