This section is marked as To Be Drafted. It represents a strategic gap in the local repository's current footprint. Platform Architecture Council (PAC) charter clauses, formal veto procedures, and architectural certification pathways are undergoing review and must be approved by the C3M Council before being permanently codified here.
Suggested Outline & Governing Decisions
When drafted, this chapter will serve as the detailed governance standard for architectural compliance. It must cover the following core areas and structural decisions:
1. Platform Architecture Council (PAC) Charter
- Decisions Owned: Council membership, review cadences, standard agendas, and consensus rules.
- Content to Cover:
- Membership List: Representation across Capability Partners, Principal Architects, and Chapter Stewards.
- The Voting Protocol: Consensus rules and standard voting procedures for certifying new product lines or approving high-risk integrations.
2. The Architectural Veto Procedure
- Decisions Owned: Circumstances, protocols, and escalation paths for exercising architectural vetoes over SOW scope or active delivery releases.
- Content to Cover:
- The Veto Trigger: Conditions under which the PAC can block a proposed commercial SOW due to excessive custom drift or platform risk.
- The Veto Escalation Path: Formal arbitration workflows leading up to Senior and Managing Partners.
3. Solution Archetype Certification
- Decisions Owned: Procedures for certifying, maintaining, and updating standard Solution Archetypes in our core catalog.
- Content to Cover:
- The Extraction Process: How Archetype Owners review custom client-project configurations to extract and generalized reusable operational playbooks.
- The Blueprint Verification Gate: Testing criteria that custom configurations must pass before being certified as standard, reusable blueprints.