Define the scope and objectives of the proof-of-concept.
List the questions and unknown quantities about the architecture that must be understood to be confident of the
architectural approach. These issues guide the construction of the proof-of-concept. The success of the
proof-of-concept is measured by its ability to illuminate these issues.
The objectives describe what parts of the archtecture are at risk and need to be understood before investing
significant effort in the project. For example, if new COTS software will be part of the architecture it may be useful
to understand how the system under development will integrate with the COTS software, and understand what issues other
organizations have had with integrating the third-party software.
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