Patent ID: 8010397

Claim:
A computer implemented method, comprising: submitting, with a review facilitation tool stored in a non-transitory computer readable media and executed by a processor, project data to an architecture audit team of an enterprise, wherein the project data includes identification of proposed technology for a project; conveying, with the review facilitation tool, an exception identified by the architecture audit team to a technology management team of the enterprise, the technology management team comprising subject matter experts from each of multiple domains, wherein the exception is identified when the proposed technology for the project includes a technology that is not included in a group of approved technologies that meet architectural guiding principles for the enterprise; conveying, with the review facilitation tool, a recommendation made by the technology management team regarding the exception to an architecture review committee of the enterprise, the architectural review committee comprising a director representative from each of the multiple domains, wherein the recommendation regarding the exception comprises a voting record for each of the subject matter experts on the technology management team; and recording, with the review facilitation tool, a decision by the architectural review committee on the recommendation regarding the exception.