# Automation Architecture Decision Canvas

Canonical page: https://apiopscycles.com/resources/automation-architecture-decision-canvas

Language: en

Entity ID: automationArchitectureDecisionCanvas

Choose the implementation approach using evidence already gathered.

Category: canvas

## Outcomes

- A focused decision or design artifact that reuses earlier evidence
- Earlier canvas outputs are referenced instead of repeated
- The next decision, design step, or readiness gap is explicit

## How to use

1. Bring forward constraints and responsibility choices. Compare only viable mechanisms, then record the decision and remaining risks.
2. Complete only the sections that add a new decision or refinement.
3. Carry the resulting decisions forward to the next station.

## Canvas guidance

Choose the implementation approach using evidence already gathered.

Bring forward constraints and responsibility choices. Compare only viable mechanisms, then record the decision and remaining risks.

License: CC-BY-SA 4.0

Authors: Osaango Ltd

### Reused inputs

Which requirements, capacity, location, impact, and responsibility decisions constrain the choice?

### Viable options

Which human, workflow, rule, agent, API, connector, custom, or UI automation options remain viable?

### Selected approach

Which implementation style or hybrid is selected?

### Decision rationale

Why does the selected approach fit best?

### Rejected alternatives

Which serious alternatives were rejected, and why?

### Open risks

What still needs validation before delivery or release?