An interactive visual reference for the BTABoK Architecture Development Life Cycle — a structured, phase-by-phase model that guides architects from initial business opportunity through strategy, design, implementation, outcome measurement, and deliberate decommission.
Live app → hza.github.io/btabok-adlc
BTABoK defines a rich set of architecture artifacts, but understanding how they connect — what feeds what, what must exist before something else can begin — is hard to grasp from a list or a static diagram.
This tool makes those relationships explorable:
- Every artifact appears as a card placed in the phase where it is produced
- Edges between cards show dependencies and information flows
- Clicking a card surfaces its description, phase context, and the key questions it answers
- The edge detail slider lets you focus on the most critical relationships or reveal the full picture
The goal is to help architects and teams orient themselves: where are we in the cycle, what should we have produced by now, and what does it enable next?
| Phase | What happens here |
|---|---|
| Innovation | Explore new opportunities and establish a shared business model |
| Strategy | Map capabilities, set measurable objectives, prioritise investment |
| Planning | Define quality attributes, trace requirements, log architectural decisions |
| Transformation | Implement, decompose, and verify the architecture across all viewpoints |
| Utilize and Measure | Measure outcomes against objectives and feed learning into the next cycle |
| Decommission | Retire systems safely, resolve technical debt, and preserve capability coverage |
This project is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). You are free to share and adapt the material for any purpose, provided appropriate credit is given.
This is an independent reference tool and is not an official IASA or BTABoK publication. The artifact descriptions, edge relationships, and phase mappings reflect the author's interpretation of the BTABoK material and may not match the official documentation exactly. For authoritative content, refer to the official BTABoK at iasa-global.github.io/btabok.
Artifacts are tagged to show which body of knowledge they come from:
| Badge | Source |
|---|---|
| BTABoK | iasa-global BTABoK native artifact |
| DDD | Domain-Driven Design |
| C4 | C4 model |
| OWASP | OWASP |