Architecture governance
Reviews by domain, with the pre-read already done.
Architecture, security, finance and any other domain you define review each demand against their own checklist. Northmap prepares a pre-read for each reviewer. Reviewers sign, and the decision is recorded only when every required domain has passed.
Why review boards slow down
Governance is there to protect the organisation. Too often it becomes a queue.
- Reviewers start from scratch
- Before each meeting, every reviewer rebuilds the demand, the options and the risks from slides and email threads.
- Every review runs differently
- Checklists live in documents, change from one reviewer to the next and get applied when someone remembers them.
- Approvals leave no trace
- A “yes, as long as” in a meeting is rarely written down. The condition is forgotten by the time the order is placed.
What changes with Northmap
The same reviews on every demand, prepared in advance and signed on record.
One template per review domain
Define your domains, such as architecture, security, data or finance, each with its checklist, its reviewer pool and the number of signatures required. Every demand gets the same reviews.
A pre-read for each reviewer
Northmap summarises the demand and the trade-offs for each domain, and flags blockers and open questions. It never gives the verdict.
Sign-offs with written conditions
Reviewers approve, approve with a condition, or reject. The condition is written down, and a rejection blocks the domain.
No domain skipped
The decision can be recorded only once every required domain has passed. It goes to the decision log with its conditions.
Reviews
2 of 3 domains passed
- ArchitectureApproved
Architecture board · 1 / 1 signature
- SecurityIn review
Security office · 0 / 1 signature
Pre-read by Northmap
Flag · The e-signature module was not part of ContractHub's last security review.
Question · Where does the module store signed documents?
- FinanceConditional
IT finance · 1 / 1 signature
Condition · Confirm module price before the order
The decision can be recorded once every required domain has passed.
How a review runs
The same path for every demand, set once by your administrators.
- 01Administrators set the review template: domains, checklists, reviewer pools and required signatures. Each change is versioned.
- 02Each new demand gets one review per domain in the template.
- 03Northmap prepares a pre-read for each domain: a summary, the trade-offs, the blockers and the open questions.
- 04Reviewers from the pool sign: approve, approve with a condition, or reject.
- 05When every required domain has passed, the decision is recorded in the decision log, conditions included.
See Northmap on one of your real demands
Bring a request you are working on. In 30 minutes we show you the requirements, the reuse and market options, and how the decision would be recorded.