Architecture Review for New Service
Full architecture gate for a new service: context, data model, API design, security, observability, scalability, dependencies, and ADR sign-off. Built for engineering teams, structured execution with approval gates and an audit trail.
For: Proposing Engineer, Tech Lead, Security Engineer, and SRE teams running architecture review for new service
What this template includes
Process steps
- 1Service proposal intake
- 2System context & integration map
- 3Data model & storage decision
- 4API contract design
- 5Security & auth model
- 6Observability plan
- 7Scalability & cost estimation
- 8Dependency risk assessment
- 9ADR sign-off
- 10Go-live plan
Why teams use this template
Full architecture gate for a new service: context, data model, API design, security, observability, scalability, dependencies, and ADR sign-off. When this work runs through inboxes and ad-hoc spreadsheets, ownership gets fuzzy and evidence gets lost. Architecture Review for New Service gives you a 10-step process with 2 checkpoints and a built-in SLA so nothing slips between handoffs.
Built for teams led by Proposing Engineer, Tech Lead, Security Engineer, and SRE: every task has a named owner, every approval routes to a real role, and the run history is the audit trail your auditors actually want.
The checkpoint tasks ("Service proposal intake" and "ADR sign-off") cannot be skipped, they're where the run produces evidence the next stage depends on. Overdue runs escalate automatically, and you start with structure instead of building it from scratch every time.
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