arckit-hld-review

Review High-Level Design documents against architecture principles and quality standards.

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Skill: arckit-hld-review
Source: https://github.com/tractorjuice/arc-kit/tree/main/arckit-codex/skills/arckit-hld-review
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/tractorjuice/arc-kit --skill arckit-hld-review

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

This Skill ensures High-Level Designs (HLDs) meet critical architecture principles, project requirements, and quality standards before implementation begins, preventing costly rework and ensuring alignment.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Compliance Checking: Verifies HLDs against architecture principles and requirements (BR, FR, NFR, INT, DR).
  • Quality Assessment: Evaluates designs for scalability, performance, security, resilience, and operational excellence.
  • Risk Identification: Flags potential issues and categorizes them by severity (High, Medium, Low).
  • Use Case: An enterprise architect uses this Skill to review a vendor's proposed HLD for a new payment gateway, ensuring it adheres to the company's cloud-first policy, security standards (PCI-DSS), and performance requirements before approving the project to proceed.

Quick Start

Use the arckit-hld-review skill to review the HLD for the payment gateway project, focusing on Acme Payment Solutions.

Frequently Asked Questions about arckit-hld-review

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I review a High-Level Design document against enterprise architecture principles?

To review a High-Level Design (HLD) against enterprise architecture principles, analyze the document for compliance, requirements coverage, and quality standards. This process identifies risks across scalability, performance, security, and resilience, generating a comprehensive report with action items.

What is HLD compliance checking for requirements coverage?

HLD compliance checking verifies that a design document satisfies business, functional, non-functional, integration, and disaster recovery requirements. It evaluates architecture alignment and operational excellence, categorizing identified risks by severity to ensure enterprise governance criteria are met.

How do I assess scalability and security risks in an architecture design validation?

Assess scalability and security risks during architecture design validation by evaluating the HLD against quality standards and enterprise principles. This flags potential issues and categorizes them by severity (High, Medium, Low) to ensure the design meets resilience and operational excellence criteria.

Can I use an automated HLD review for vendor proposed payment gateway architectures?

Yes, you can use an HLD review for vendor proposed architectures like a payment gateway. It evaluates the design against cloud-first policies, security standards such as PCI-DSS, and performance requirements, generating an executive summary with detailed findings before project approval.

What is the best way to generate an executive summary for an architecture review report?

The best way to generate an executive summary for an architecture review report is to analyze the HLD against principles and quality standards. This produces a comprehensive output detailing compliance, categorized risks, and specific action items ensuring designs meet governance criteria.

When do I need to perform an enterprise architecture risk assessment on an HLD?

You need to perform an enterprise architecture risk assessment on an HLD before implementation begins. This prevents costly rework by ensuring the design meets critical architecture principles, project requirements, and quality standards, yielding a report with categorized findings and action items.