  Detailed description of procedures around architecture reviews. In order to
succeed in building and deploying complex software solutions, an architecture
is essential. For many in the industry structured reviews of these
architectures is also de rigor. Practices for such reviews have been developed
and reported on for years. One aspect that does not receive as much attention
but is no less important is the relationship between these architectures and
the requirements for deploying them into production environments. At Wolters
Kluwer's Corporate Legal Services we first established a typical architecture
review process and then established a two phase production preparation review
process. This paper describes in detail how these practices work and some of
the technical results of these reviews including the frequency and style of the
reviews, the process automation around them, and the number and nature of some
of the technical flaws eliminated by enforcing these reviews. This paper lays
the ground work for others who would be interested in following similar
practices.
