A complete guide to the architecture process in Homeland Security.

Homeland Security guide for Solution Architecture. [Part-2]

Detailed graphics description.

This article is part 2 of a short, personal summary/brief made from the document published by The Department of Homeland Security Enterprise Business Management Office (EBMO) and HSSEDI, titled GUIDE FOR CREATING USEFUL SOLUTION ARCHITECTURES.

To make it easier to read and reference, we divided this article into 3 parts:

• Part 1: The introduction and general SA process explanation.
• Part 2: Detailed description of SA graphics with examples. ( here )
• Part 3: How the SA process is used in DHS. ( coming soon )

In part 1, we started debriefing a very interesting but long article from Homeland Security Enterprise Business Management Office (EBMO) about solutions architecture. Here we will continue the work.

This part:

Detailed description of SA graphics with examples.

Please make sure you read part 1, but here is an overall view of all the required graphics in an SA, next we will explain in detail and example each part.

Solution Architecture Construct

1. Conceptual Solution Architecture: