Solution Design & Architecture·Task 1.6·Bloom: apply·Difficulty 3/5·8 min read·Updated 2026-07-14

Translating an SLA into an Architecture Requirement (CCAR-P)

Align solutions to business value pillars (efficiency, transformation, productivity, cost, performance SLAs)

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In short
A performance SLA, such as under 800 milliseconds median, must be translated into concrete architecture choices: model tier, context strategy, and whether extended reasoning is enabled. Extended reasoning adds latency and cost to every call, so enabling it must be justified by a measured accuracy gap against the SLA, not assumed to help. A business-stated SLA needs an architect-owned numeric translation before any pattern can be evaluated against it.

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