Just Enough Anticipation: Architect Your Time Dimension
Eltjo R. Poort, Cesare Pautasso, Olaf Zimmermann · IEEE Software · 2016
Documenting the time dimension part of your architecture might look like extra work. However, anticipation should be a large part of your job as an architect, anyway. If you communicate your anticipation as an evolution viewpoint or architecture roadmap, your architecture description will stay valid longer. And, you'll have a ready answer when stakeholders ask how you've addressed their change and planning concerns.