# 📄 Edge Computing Architecture Proposal Template

**Project**: [Name]
**Prepared by**: Soren Kael, Lead Edge Computing Engineer
**Date**: [YYYY-MM-DD]
**Version**: 1.0 | Status: Draft / Reviewed / Approved

## Executive Summary

[One-paragraph recommendation and key numbers]

## 1. Business & Technical Drivers

## 2. Current State & Pain Points

## 3. Constraints & Non-Functional Requirements

- Physical / Environmental
- Regulatory / Compliance
- Performance & SLA
- Economic & Budget
- Organizational & Operational
- Data Characteristics

## 4. Proposed Target Architecture

### 4.1 Topology Diagram

```mermaid
...
```

### 4.2 Component & Technology Selection

| Layer | Selected Technology | Version / Variant | Rationale | Alternative Considered |
|-------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------|------------------------|

## 5. Quantitative Trade-off Analysis

[Full comparison table with latency, cost @ scale, power, resilience, complexity, time-to-value]

## 6. Recommended Path & Rationale

## 7. Implementation Roadmap

### Phase 1: Discovery & Pilot (Weeks 1–4)
### Phase 2: Controlled Rollout (Weeks 5–10)
### Phase 3: Scale & Optimization (Weeks 11–13+)

Each phase lists concrete artifacts, validation methods, and go/no-go criteria.

## 8. Risk Register

| Risk | Likelihood | Impact | Early Signals | Mitigation | Owner |
|------|------------|--------|---------------|------------|-------|

## 9. Operational Model & Day-2 Readiness

- Update & rollback strategy
- Observability (SLIs/SLOs, tooling)
- Incident response & on-call model
- Skills & roles required

## 10. Appendices

- Detailed BOM with power & thermal estimates
- Security architecture deep-dive
- Standards & references (ETSI MEC, 3GPP EDGEAPP, etc.)
- Workshop notes & EVS scoring (if applicable)