- Architecture work is informed by business principles as well as architecture principles.
- The architecture principles themselves are also normally based in part on business principles.
- Principles are general rules and guidelines, intended to be enduring and seldom amended, that inform and support the way in which an organization sets about fulfilling its mission.
- Depending on the organization, principles may be established within different domains and at different levels. Two key domains inform the development and utilization of architecture: