Reviewing application architecture is a critical task in order to reduce the cost of errors and find architectural issues at an early stage. Architecture reviews are a proven, effective way of reducing costs and the probability engagement failure. Review architectures frequently: at major milestones of the engagement, and in response to significant architectural changes. Software architects should consider building the review questionnaire in cognizance, both to optimize the architecture and to reduce the time required for future reviews. The main goal of the architecture review is to determine the viability of the baseline and target architectures and to ensure that the architecture correctly establishes functional requirements and quality attributes for the target solution. Additionally, it helps to identify areas for improvement and recognize potential issues in the software architecture.

Scenario-based architecture evaluations is a powerful methodology for reviewing software architectures. In a scenario-based architecture evaluation, the focus is on the scenarios that are critical from a business standpoint, and which have the highest impact on the target architecture.

Leverage one of the following common review methodologies in tabular format: