How it works · Enterprise Architecture

One architecture that delivers value, from trigger to outcome.

The AlignX Enterprise Architecture workflow connects architecture to strategy, investment and delivery, so architects shape decisions early and show impact before commitment, instead of policing standards after the fact.

Strategy
Investment
Applications
Technology
Risk
Vendors
AlignXOne connected model

An architecture trigger enters, AI triage classifies it and identifies impacts, specialist review workflows assess it, the architecture decision is captured with lineage, delivery stays aligned, and outcomes are reviewed and fed back.

Inside Microsoft 365
The operating model

How work flows, trigger to outcome.

1
Triggers

Real enterprise events start the work.

A strategy objective approvedAn investment proposal raisedA business capability reviewA technology refresh requiredA vendor or solution selectionA risk, security or compliance requirementA major change requestAn enterprise issue or incident
2
AI intake & triage

Context at the front door.

AlignX captures the work item, classifies it, identifies stakeholders and dependencies, recommends the review types and governance path, assigns owner and priority, and routes it to the right specialist review.

3
Specialist review workflows

Purpose-built reviews do the work.

Strategic and capability architecture review

Ensure strategy and capabilities are designed for success.

Investment and portfolio architecture review

Assess investment fit, value, risk and architecture impact.

Solution and vendor architecture review

Ensure solutions and vendors fit the enterprise today and tomorrow.

Technology and operational architecture review

Keep technology modern, resilient, secure and aligned.

Risk, security and compliance architecture review

Meet obligations and reduce risk through design.

Change impact assessment

Understand change impact and determine re-approval needs.

4
Decision and governance

The decision is captured, with lineage.

The architecture decision is consolidated from the reviews, options and trade-offs are compared, a recommendation is recorded, approvals are captured, and the architecture decision record and decision lineage are stored.

5
Delivery and outcome review

Delivery stays aligned; outcomes feed back.

The decision links to projects, roadmaps, resources, vendors, contracts, risks and milestones, with architecture compliance and drift monitored. Outcomes are reviewed, standards updated, and learning captured.

Who this is for

Built for the people who own this work.

Secure in your tenant, connected to everything.

It runs inside your Microsoft environment, under your identity and controls, and hands off cleanly to every other AlignX module on the same connected model.

Enterprise decisions. Connected. Intelligent. Governed.