Software Engineering

14.5.2 
Determine the preferred course of action
The execution strategy must be adjusted to contend with the work associated 
with the selected architectural design alternative. The final course of action must 
describe the tasks that address the assimilation of the design alternative into the 
software architecture. Architectural decisions must provide clear direction on how 
the software architecture will be brought into compliance with each architectural 
decision. Decisions represent the result of investigating the problem space in depth, 
which results in a better understanding of the characteristics that must be embodied 
by an architectural solution. The execution must determine how the selected solu-
tion will be integrated into the current state of the software architecture, its docu-
mentation, and its work plans.
Each technical organization must update their technical plans, schedule, and work 
packages to reflect the new understanding of the work ahead. Previous plans, sched-
ules, and work packages provide placeholders for detailed tasks in the form of abstract