Life Architecture: The Process for Architecture

The Architecture process specifies the sequence of activities and deliverables that are used to deliver a specific Architecture. This viewpoint describes the fundamentals of the Life Architecture Method that drives stakeholder engagement and Solution Economics.

Explicit links between architecture decisions and value creation are central concerns of the Life Architecture Method.

The fundamental goal of all good architecture design is to create maximal value added for any given investment. There are many dimensions in which value can be assessed, from monetary profit to the solution of social problems. The benefits sought are often domain-specific, yet the logic is the same: Architecture is an investment activity.
Software economics is the field that seeks to enable significant improvements in software design through economic reasoning about product, process, program, portfolio and policy issues.

(Ref: Software Economics: A Roadmap; Barry Boehm and Kevin Sullivan)