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Architecture Maturity Assessment

Evaluate your architecture practices across 10 TOGAF-aligned dimensions

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How to use this assessment

For each dimension, select the level that best describes your current state
Be honest - this is for your benefit
Review your overall maturity level and category-specific scores
Use recommendations to create an improvement roadmap

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Business Architecture

Level 1

No alignment between business and technology, reactive IT

Level 2

Basic business requirements captured, minimal governance

Level 3

Business capabilities mapped, architecture roadmap defined

Level 4

Strong business-IT alignment, value stream mapping, KPIs tracked

Level 5

Architecture drives business strategy, continuous value delivery

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Application Architecture

Level 1

No documented architecture, ad-hoc design, tightly coupled

Level 2

Basic architecture documentation, layered monolith

Level 3

Clear separation of concerns, documented patterns, API-first

Level 4

Microservices/modular architecture with well-defined boundaries

Level 5

Event-driven, self-healing, domain-driven design (DDD)

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Data Architecture

Level 1

Single database, no data governance, no backup strategy

Level 2

Database replication, basic indexing, scheduled backups

Level 3

Caching layer, read replicas, partitioning, data catalog

Level 4

Polyglot persistence, event sourcing, CQRS, data lineage

Level 5

Data mesh, real-time analytics, ML pipelines, data products

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Technology Architecture

Level 1

Legacy tech stack, manual deployments, no infrastructure as code

Level 2

Standardized platforms, basic CI/CD, scripted deployments

Level 3

Cloud-native, containerization, automated provisioning

Level 4

Multi-cloud, orchestration (K8s), GitOps, immutable infrastructure

Level 5

Platform engineering, developer self-service, policy as code

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Scalability & Performance

Level 1

Monolithic, scaling issues at low load, no performance testing

Level 2

Vertical scaling only, manual intervention, basic load testing

Level 3

Horizontal scaling capability, load balancing, performance benchmarks

Level 4

Auto-scaling based on metrics, CDN, performance budgets

Level 5

Global distribution, multi-region, elastic at scale, chaos engineering

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Reliability & Resilience

Level 1

Frequent outages, no redundancy, no incident process

Level 2

Basic backups, manual recovery, informal incident response

Level 3

Redundancy, automated backups, defined RTO/RPO, SRE practices

Level 4

Circuit breakers, retry logic, graceful degradation, error budgets

Level 5

Chaos engineering, self-healing, 99.99%+ uptime, blameless postmortems

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Security & Compliance

Level 1

Minimal security, hardcoded credentials, no compliance

Level 2

Basic auth, HTTPS, simple firewall, awareness of compliance

Level 3

MFA, encrypted at rest/transit, regular audits, basic compliance

Level 4

Zero-trust, automated scanning, SIEM, compliance certifications (SOC2/ISO)

Level 5

Defense in depth, threat modeling, security champions, continuous compliance

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Observability & Operations

Level 1

No monitoring, logging, or alerting

Level 2

Basic logging, simple alerts, manual troubleshooting

Level 3

Centralized logging, metrics dashboards, alerting, on-call rotation

Level 4

Distributed tracing, APM, SLO/SLI tracking, runbooks

Level 5

Full observability stack, AI-powered anomaly detection, AIOps

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DevOps & Deployment

Level 1

Manual deployments, no CI/CD, long release cycles

Level 2

Basic CI, scripted deployments, monthly releases

Level 3

Full CI/CD pipeline, automated testing, weekly releases

Level 4

GitOps, blue-green/canary deployments, daily releases, feature flags

Level 5

Continuous deployment, progressive delivery, DORA metrics excellence

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Architecture Governance

Level 1

No governance, no standards, no review process

Level 2

Informal standards, ad-hoc reviews, basic documentation

Level 3

Architecture review board (ARB), defined standards, ADRs

Level 4

Automated compliance checks, architecture fitness functions, tech radar

Level 5

Evolutionary architecture, continuous governance, architecture guild

Overall Maturity

1

Initial

Ad-hoc, reactive approach

Average Score: 1.00

Category Levels:

💼Business ArchitectureLevel 1

📐Application ArchitectureLevel 1

🗄️Data ArchitectureLevel 1

⚙️Technology ArchitectureLevel 1

📈Scalability & PerformanceLevel 1

🛡️Reliability & ResilienceLevel 1

🔒Security & ComplianceLevel 1

👁️Observability & OperationsLevel 1

🚀DevOps & DeploymentLevel 1

📋Architecture GovernanceLevel 1

Priority Improvements:

• Improve Business Architecture: Currently at Level 1, aim for Level 2
• Improve Application Architecture: Currently at Level 1, aim for Level 2
• Improve Data Architecture: Currently at Level 1, aim for Level 2
• Improve Technology Architecture: Currently at Level 1, aim for Level 2
• Improve Scalability & Performance: Currently at Level 1, aim for Level 2

Maturity Level Definitions

Level 1

Initial

Ad-hoc processes, reactive

Level 2

Developing

Basic practices in place

Level 3

Defined

Standardized and documented

Level 4

Managed

Measured and controlled

Level 5

Optimizing

Continuous improvement culture

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