An executive-level body drawn from across the organisation that governs architecture. Working by consensus, it approves architectures, ensures compliance, keeps sub-architectures aligned with each other and can allow dispensations.
Read more: TOGAF Standard
In the Ultra Transcenders books
Each book explains Architecture Board in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Related terms
- Architecture Requirements Repository
Kept within the Architecture Repository, this store holds all authorised architecture requirements once the Architecture Board has agreed them.
- Compliance review
A structured check, led by a Lead Enterprise Architect with set procedures and checklists, of whether a project conforms to the architecture. Its report is signed off by the Architecture Board and the customer.