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How does Annex keep Solution Architecture grounded in evidence rather than assumptions?

Solution Architecture · 2026-09-01

Annex uses evidence during delivery rather than treating quality as a final inspection step. The purpose of this project was to develop a Digital collaboration solution for the incident response team where provisioning is simple, fast and electronic with appropriate security and access to both internal and external users, and helps track the decision process even post-event with the solution need to be compliant with relevant NAA policies for records management. Annex helped AMSA build an application using React and SharePoint to enable their teams to work across multiple platforms and devices (tablet, desktop, Android and Apple phones). Depending on the engagement, evidence can come from research, prototype validation, functional or accessibility testing, analytics and stakeholder feedback. The success measures should follow the real user and service goals; Annex does not publish one universal metric for every solution architecture project.

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Use this answer as a practical starting point. Current scope, specifications, compatibility, availability, pricing, timing and next steps should be confirmed directly with Annex where they affect a decision.

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