Solution Design

Document (SDD)

Project Name: [Full Name]

Project Code: [8 character Code]
Version: X.X
Author: [Your Name]
Position: [Your Position]
Phone: [Your Phone Number]

1. Email: [Your Email Address]

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Document History

Version Responsible Date Notes

1.0

*** End of
Revision List
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Table 1Document History

1. Contact for Enquiries and Proposed Changes

If you have any questions regarding this document contact:
Name: Marc Dimmick
Designation: System Business Anaylsis
Phone: (08) 6216 6335
Email: Marc.dimmick@dcp.wa.gov.au

If you have a suggestion for improving this document, complete and forward a copy of Suggestions
for Improvements to Documentation.

2. Record of Issues
The Record of Issues reflects revisions to this template. This information should be deleted from
your document.
Ver Date Nature of Amendment
1.0 12 Apr 2006 Initial Document
1.1 8 Jun Update Layout and style sheet
1.2 23 Nov 06 Update Layout and Style
1.3 19 Jul 2007 Update Corporate Logo

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2. Guidelines for completion of this Document:
Consultants are required to gathering and documenting requirements in consultation with project
stakeholders. Overall Responsibility for this lies with the project lead.
This template ensures that the essential details pertaining to this Requirements document a clear and
unambiguous statement of Functional and Non-Functional Requirements.
This document is used in development, testing, quality assurance, project management, and related
project functions.
Items in squared brackets are to be replaced with appropriate contents. For example, [Project Manager]
should be replaced by the name of the Project Manager.
This template provides a recommended structure and format along with sample contents, explanatory
notes and questions to guide and prompt the author.
Please delete these notes and other guidelines from the actual document. They are meant for your
information only. These are given in this colour and font.
If a section/ subsection are not applicable, do not delete it. Instead, mention as such and explain why it is
not applicable. Remember to run a spell check.
It is preferable to use date with month name rather than month number to avoid confusion (use Jan 2,
2006 or 2 Jan 2006, instead of 1/2/2006 or 2/1/2006)
This document contains pre-formatted styles for headings. To convert a line into heading, select the line
and choose BS Heading 1, BS Heading 2, etc., as appropriate from the style drop down adjacent to the
font drop down box

Table of Contents
1 Document History 2
1.1 Contact for Enquiries and Proposed Changes 2
1.2 Record of Issues 2

2 Guidelines for completion of this Document: 3

3 [Client / Project] 6
3.1 Purpose 6
3.2 Project Overview and Status 6
3.3 Project Objectives / Problem Statement 6

4 Project Scope 7
4.1.1 Inclusions 7
4.1.2 Exclusions 7
4.1.3 Phasing if required 7
4.2 Key Stakeholders 7
4.3 Project Related and Other Reference Documents 7

5 Architectural Overview 8
5.1 Target Interfaces 8

6 Architectural Decisions 9
6.1 Key Architectural issues 9

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 6.2 Architectural Risks and Assumptions 9

7 Solution Description 10
7.1 Component Model 10
7.2 Re-use of components 10
7.3 Information Model 10
7.3.1 Information and Data Characteristics 11
7.4 Infrastructure Model 11
7.5 Integration and Network Design 11
7.6 Security Architecture 11
7.6.1 Application Security 11
7.6.2 Operational Security 12

8 System Requirements 13
8.1 [system / component name] 13
8.1.1 Relevant Flow Chart 13
8.1.2 Solution Architecture Requirements 13
8.1.3 Design Description 13

9 Implementation and Migration 14

9.1 Architecture Migration Plan 14
9.1.1 Migration Plan 14
9.1.2 List Dependencies 14
9.2 GLOSSARY 14

10 functional Requirements 15
10.1 Requirement – [Function 1 Title] 15
10.2 Outputs 15
10.3 Screens 15
10.4 Reports 15
10.5 Requirement – [Function 2 Title] 15
10.6 Outputs 16
10.7 Screens 16
10.8 Reports 16

11 Inputs 17
11.1 Data 17
11.2 Applications 17
11.3 Third party 17

12 Design 18
12.1 Colours 18
12.2 Look and Feel 18
12.3 Usability Issues 18
12.4 Audience 18

13 Performance 19
14 Data Migration and Conversion 20
15 APPENDICES 21
15.1 Definitions 21
15.2 Attachments 21

16 Sign-off list 22

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Tables
Table 1Document History 2
Table 2 - Project Objectives / Problem Statements 6
Table 3 -Key Stakeholders 7
Table 4 -Project Related and Other Reference Documents 7
Table 5 - Architectural Decisions 9
Table 6 -Key Architectural Issues 9
Table 7 - Architectural Risks and Assumptions 9
Table 8 - Relevant Flow Charts 13
Table 9 - Glossary 14
Table 10 - Functional Requirements 15
Table 11 - Functional Requirements 16
Table 12 - Definitions 21
Table 13 - Attachments 21

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3. [Client / Project]
1. Purpose
The primary purpose of this document is to communicate the essential elements of the overall solution so
that business implications can be assessed and understood, and so that the design activities in
Build/Acquire can proceed if the initiative is approved.
Insert description of technical development and what will be achieved upon successful implementation of
the solution described in this document.

2. Project Overview and Status

Provide the background and context of the initiative, and its current status from a project perspective.
The current status should also include any significant risks or issues that may be relevant to the design.

3. Project Objectives / Problem Statement

Provide a brief overview of the objectives of the project, eg, an overview of a new product or a new
feature, or a new support system, etc. Include a brief summary of the business need and drivers behind
the initiative, as well as enterprise, design and standards constraints. EG, include forecast growth, peak
traffic/transaction volumes, and reference market projections, etc. Refer to the BRD for detail.
Alternatively the objective may be best described as an initiative to solve a problem. The table below
provides a suggested format for the problem statement.
The problem of
Affects
The impact of which is
A successful solution would

4. Table 2 - Project Objectives / Problem Statements

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 Project Scope
Insert a statement that describes the project scope.

1. Inclusions

2. Exclusions

3. Phasing if required

2. Key Stakeholders

Area / Position Name / Role Contact Number

Business Stakeholders

Technology
Stakeholders

Operations
Stakeholders

Table 3 -Key Stakeholders

3. Project Related and Other Reference Documents

List all the references that were used in coming up with this document.
Document ID Title / Description / Location
Project Related
Documents

Other Reference
Documents

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5. Table 4 -Project Related and Other Reference Documents

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Architectural Overview
Insert architectural diagram of systems, interfaces and information flows of the planned solution.
Number each interface for reference below.

1. Target Interfaces

Key Interface Purpose/Description

Eg. 1 Eg. Solomon, Startrack E.g. Existing interface, provides end of day manifest information
for shipping purposes.

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6. Architectural Decisions
Include a summary of significant decisions made in deriving the solution here.
Architectural Decision Identifier Description
Eg.
How will invoicing occur for returned orders?
AD-01
Invoicing will occur through a daily batch process between…

AD-02
…
Table 5 - Architectural Decisions

1. Key Architectural issues

Issue Identifier System(s) Impacted Description Owner Status

ISS – 01 Identify system(s) Issue to be documented in this Owner of the issue Closed/Open
impacted by system section eg who will be managing
name as described in it to resolution
this document 01/01/2003: It is not clear
whether XXX will generate
error message axe.
ISS – 02
….
Table 6 -Key Architectural Issues

2. Architectural Risks and Assumptions

Key architectural risks and assumptions are as follows:

NB, risks to be managed by project risk management

Risk Assumption System(s) Impacted Description

Identify system(s)
impacted by system name
as described in this
AR – 01 document Eg. It is assumed that the migration to Microsoft .Net Framework for
this portal will not impact the functionality of systems interfacing to
Eg. this portal currently.
Forecasting Portal

7. Table 7 - Architectural Risks and Assumptions

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Solution Description
This section describes the High Level solution in terms of the systems/components and how each
component interacts with other systems/components.

1. Component Model
Include and describe the component model of the design.
A component is any deployable element of architecture. It is characterised by its behavior or function as
exposed or expressed via an external interface. Components can be decomposed or aggregated into
other components. Examples include a program, a software module, a system, a data repository, a
network element, etc. Each component can utilise the services provided by other components, as well as
provide services of its own.
The component model describes how sets of components participate in defining the design. It includes
static and dynamic relationships and interactions between components. The model documentation
typically includes a number of diagrams expressing the different kinds of relationships — for example,
dependency relationships, usage relationships, interaction and timing relationships, etc. Where the
solution has been partitioned, the individual subsets of the component model must be clearly defined, and
the assignment to the respective providers identified. Each subset will subsequently be the subject of a
Design Component Specification and is usually defined by the Client(s) based on which he provides a
cost and time estimate to a confidence level specified by the Project Manager.
It is useful to recognise the following interface categories:
● User Interfaces — those interactions which exist to enable human interaction with the system;
● Application Services Interfaces — those interactions which enable the application services
provided by one system to be utilized by another in an automated manner;
● Operational Interfaces — those interactions which are used to manage and operate the systems
environment, including monitoring, recovery and exception management;
● System Synchronization Services Interfaces — those interactions that are used to maintain
persistent reference and state information integrity across multiple systems in a synchronised
manner.

In specifying interfaces and services, it is important to understand that there are two important
cases:
● Functional Services — this case involves services that are primarily stateless, and there is a
one-to-one correspondence between interface and service. Each such service can be described
independently.
● Process Services — this involves services that implement a process, and behaviour is
dependent upon previous activity. Typically, a single process may involve many interface calls —
calls are sometimes referred to as “triggers” and in this case it is necessary, not only to describe
each of the interfaces but also the state behaviour of the process itself.

2. Re-use of components
It is important to identify services, components, code, documentation, etc that are candidates for
corporate reuse and to design and maintain baseline documentation in a way that enables that re-use at
minimized cost. In this section describe what has been achieved in reuse, and any issues arising.

3. Information Model

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 Include (or reference) and describe the information model pertinent to the solution.
The Information Model covers a structured view of the business, system and state information that is the
subject of the design. The information model does not need to address objects or data which are not
exposed (or likely to be exposed) externally.
For data management intensive solutions such as those Databases of Record, this part of the solution will
form a significant proportion of the total, and may actually be contained in separate documentation that is
explicitly referenced by title, date and version.
Whilst the information passed and returned by each interface is described in the Component Model, in
most cases it is also appropriate to describe the consolidated information model.
Where the solution has been partitioned, the individual subsets of the information model must be clearly
defined, and the assignment to the respective providers identified.

1. Information and Data Characteristics

Regardless of the complexity or size of the information model, define the required non-functional
characteristics of the model elements (or groups of elements). The characteristics to be addressed may
include, but are not limited to:
● Persistence — indicate which elements of the model must persist beyond a transaction or
session, including the conditions under which persistence may no longer be required, and the
period of persistence;
● Size — indicate the anticipated number of instances of each element;
● Security and Privacy — indicate which elements are of a particularly sensitive nature requiring
specific access or disclosure measures, or privacy constraints;
● Legal and Regulatory — indicate which elements require specific data retention, archiving, audit
trail logging, or other measures to meet legal or regulatory obligations. All legal and regulatory
requirements concerning information or data should be identified as being as such even if listed
under other topic headings (e.g. privacy requirements imposed by a government regulator should
be identified as being legal and regulatory requirements even if they are listed under security and
privacy);
● Integrity — indicates any specific integrity or validity requirements associated with the information
elements.

4. Infrastructure Model
For IT systems an infrastructure model may be required where the underlying servers, storage media, etc,
are defined. (In IBM terms - the operations model)

5. Integration and Network Design

Applies to an IT systems design where the underlying communications network must be defined. Define
the conceptual aspects of network or integration mechanisms required to interconnect components. The
Component Model addresses interface mechanisms, principally from an application or service level
perspective. Here is included additional information relating to the communication mechanisms, protocols
or network models. Typically, details of this subsection are further developed as part of the Integration
Specification.
Both functional and non-functional characteristics of integration and network behaviour should be
included.

6. Security Architecture

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 The purpose of this section is to describe the security controls that will be incorporated into the solution.

1. Application Security
Describe the following:
● Authentication. How will users authenticate to the system, describe detailed password rules.
Describe where external authentication infrastructure is being used, eg account-01.
● Authorisation. Describe the categories of users and the functionality they will have. Include all
users, customers, staff, operations staff supporting the platform
● Audit/Logging. Describe what will be logged and describe any external auditing or logging
platforms being used

2. Operational Security
Describe at a high level any security related process and how the system will support these processes:
● How do users register or enrol with the service? How are authentication credentials issued and
reset?
● How are users access rights determined and implemented? Will approval processes for user
access be developed, if so by whom?
● How are users access rights revoked?
● Cryptographic key management processes
● Security Incident Response process
● Vulnerability management – including application of patches and vulnerability assessments

8. Special information classification and handling processes

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 System Requirements
1. [system / component name]
Complete one per system/component

1. Relevant Flow Chart

Flow Chart ID Flow Chart Name

FCXX

Table 8 - Relevant Flow Charts

2. Solution Architecture Requirements

The purpose of this section is to define the specific, well-formed requirements for impacted systems, and
partition them in a manner that will facilitate design definition.
When creating Architectural Requirements, each verifiable requirement defined in this section should be
contained in a separate paragraph.
The source of all raw requirements should be captured in the Requirements Traceability Matrix, along with
the cross-reference to the labelled requirements in this section.
This section contains the specific solution architecture requirements for [System/Component Name].

3. Design Description
9. This section details the client’s design response pertaining to the specific system/component that is to be
delivered. If a specification document has been referenced in this section, ensure the relevant document
has been attached in the appendix section of this document.

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 Implementation and Migration
Address the overall approach to implementation. This would include strategy for migration from existing
processes and systems, as well as data migration considerations. Typically this section will define phases
of implementation that would minimise the impact on business operation whilst providing additional
business value with each phase.

1. Architecture Migration Plan

1. Migration Plan
Insert an Architecture Migration Plan. This plan should address the overall approach to implementation of
the new architecture and complement the details written in section 6 Implementation and Migration.
Examples of the types of information which may be found here are:
● the sequencing of the migration
● new infrastructure requirements
● list of any potential technology or infrastructure retirements caused by this plan
● business impacts
● plan for data migration

2. List Dependencies
This section should contain any dependencies of the plan from the section above. All issues and risks
identified should be managed via the [Company] issues and risk management processes.
All Assumptions of this plan and dependencies should list listed in the section Architectural Risks and
Assumptions.

2. GLOSSARY

Term / Acronym Definition / Expansion / Description

Table Data Table Data

10. Table 9 - Glossary

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functional Requirements
1. Requirement – [Function 1 Title]

Title

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 on
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 ding
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Table 10 - Functional Requirements

The above grid is to be used for every function identified.

If needed copy flow chart from BRD into this section of the document.

2. Outputs

3. Screens

4. Reports

5. Requirement – [Function 2 Title]

Title

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Events s of
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 each
indivi
dual’
s
rights
. If
the
user
cann
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identi
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soluti
on
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[Company] Page 22 of 22 SDD – [Client / Project]

 sessi
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 ed
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 exten
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 user
nam
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and
pass
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Table 11 - Functional Requirements

The above grid is to be used for every function identified.

If needed copy flow chart from BRD into this section of the document.

6. Outputs

7. Screens
11. Reports

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Inputs
1. Data

2. Applications
12. Third party

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Design
1. Colours

2. Look and Feel

3. Usability Issues
13. Audience

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Performance
14. Outline the performance capabilities and constraints of the solution.

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Data Migration and Conversion
15. If an application is to be modified, indicate here if any data conversions are required on existing data
records. If a new application is replacing an existing application, indicate here what data migration /
conversion is required

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APPENDICES
List those documents which would be useful for the reader of the Architectural Design Document

1. Definitions
The following words, acronyms and abbreviations are referred to in this document.
Term Definition

Table 12 - Definitions

2. Attachments

Document Number Title

16. Table 13 - Attachments

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Sign-off list

Project Lead _____________________ ____/____/______

[Position Title]

Consultant _____________________ ____/____/______

[Position Title]

xxxxx _____________________ ____/____/______

[Position Title]

XXXXX _____________________ ____/____/______

(Development Mgr)

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