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Visualising Project Progress

Visualising the architecture is essential for technical alignment, but you also need to visualise the delivery of that architecture. This ensures stakeholders understand the timeline, dependencies, and current status.

Why Visualise Progress?

• Align Stakeholders: Provides a clear picture of what has been delivered and what is coming next.
• Manage Dependencies: Identifies blockers between architectural design and implementation.
• Communicate Velocity: Shows the pace of the project in a way that is easy to digest.

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Gantt Charts for Progress

Gantt charts are a powerful tool for showing the project’s timeline and the relationships between different tasks or workstreams.

gantt
    title Example: Project Alpha Architecture & Delivery
    dateFormat  YYYY-MM-DD
    section Discovery
    System Context Design      :done,    des1, 2026-04-01, 2026-04-07
    Requirement Gathering      :done,    des2, 2026-04-01, 2026-04-14
    section Implementation
    Container Architecture     :active,  imp1, 2026-04-15, 2026-05-01
    API Development            :         imp2, 2026-04-20, 2026-06-15
    Infrastructure Setup       :         imp3, 2026-05-01, 2026-05-20
    section Validation
    Security Audit             :         val1, 2026-06-01, 2026-06-15
    UAT                        :         val2, 2026-06-16, 2026-06-30

Key Progress Indicators

• Showing Progress: In the example above, “Discovery” tasks are marked as done, while “Container Architecture” is active. This gives an immediate visual cue of where the team is currently focused.
• Managing Dependencies: Gantt charts help identify when a task (like API Development) is blocked by another (like Container Architecture Design).

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