1

Examine Risk

• Understand the elements that lead to the identification of the risk or architectural decisions.
• Examine related scenarios and quality of service requirements. Check on any target environment implications.

2

Plan the Approach

• Determine the form of prototype needed.
• Solve only the architectural problem identified by the risk.
• Look for the simplest resolution.
• Begin development using the determined approach.

3

Build and Execute the Prototype

• Build the prototype. Maintain focus on the problem to be solved. Be sure the prototype appropriately addresses the issue being explored.
• Deploy the prototype to an environment similar to the target environment.
• Test the prototype against the high risk issues.
• Add any new risk work items that the prototype might have uncovered.

Identified risk has been reduced to an acceptable level.