SDLC blueprint

Handbook

Phased delivery — roles (prescriptive)

**Deeper guide:** [`blueprints/disciplines/product/ba/`](../../../disciplines/product/ba/README.md) — BABOK knowledge areas, techniques catalog, perspectives (agile, BI, business architecture, BPM), a

Phased delivery — roles (prescriptive)

1. Sponsor / senior responsible owner (SRO)

Aspect Guidance
Accountable for Outcomes, funding, escalation resolution; accepts stage gate decisions at steering level
Archetypes Sponsor proxy, Steer
Key outputs Charter approval, stage go, exception approvals for major change

2. Project / program manager (PM)

Aspect Guidance
Accountable for Integrated schedule, budget, RAID, stakeholder comms; does not own technical truth
Archetypes Orchestrator
Key outputs Status reports, gate packs, dependency management

3. Business analyst (BA)

Aspect Guidance
Accountable for Requirements traceability, stakeholder elicitation, UAT coordination (often)
Archetypes Orchestrator, Implementer (documentation)
Key outputs SRS, use cases, acceptance criteria packs

Deeper guide: Business analysis (BA) — BABOK knowledge areas, techniques catalog, perspectives (agile, BI, business architecture, BPM), and the BA-SDLC-PDLC bridge for how BA spans both lifecycles.

4. Tech lead / architect

Aspect Guidance
Accountable for Technical integrity, NFRs, build approach; signs technical gate criteria where used
Archetypes Quality advocate, Implementer
Key outputs Design baselines, ADRs, non-functional test strategy

5. Delivery team (build/test/ops)

Aspect Guidance
Accountable for Work package execution per baseline; raise variances early
Archetypes Implementer (primary), Quality advocate (testing)

6. Ceremony participation matrix

Ceremony Sponsor PM BA Tech lead Team
Gate review R (decision) R (facilitate pack) R R O
Weekly status O R O O O
Design review O R R R R
Test readiness O R O R R
UAT O R R O O
PIR / lessons O R R R R

Canonical source

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