pre-dev-trd-creation

Technology-agnostic architecture separates design decisions—component boundaries, data ownership, deployment topology, interface contracts—from specific products or platforms. Define HOW and WHERE components reside and their interaction patterns during pre-development gates (PRD and Feature Map) before naming technologies, avoiding vendor lock-in and enabling flexibility.

A TRD captures deployment models, component topology, data architecture, security layering, interface contracts, and pattern-driven rules across domains—all expressed without product or version names. It satisfies functional and architectural requirements while maintaining technology flexibility for later implementation choices.

Create a TRD at pre-development gates—after the PRD and Feature Map are complete—to enforce architecture decisions before concrete tech stack selection. This timing prevents technology choices from driving architecture and ensures decisions are grounded in functional requirements, not vendor preferences.

By capturing architecture as abstract patterns, component roles, and deployment principles rather than specific platforms or services, you preserve the ability to swap implementations later. Technology-agnostic TRDs let you change databases, cloud providers, or frameworks without redesigning core architecture.

TRD creation applies Ring standards and pre-development gates (PRD and Feature Map) to enforce consistent architecture practices. Tech stack auto-detection identifies applicable standards for your domain, ensuring TRD decisions align with organizational patterns and compliance requirements.

A TRD is most effective created before tech selection. If technologies are already chosen, a TRD can still document the underlying architecture, validate decisions against requirements, and clarify component boundaries and data ownership—but opportunities to avoid lock-in are reduced.