Current Priorities¶
The Architecture Board is in the process of developing principles and standards for software development across projects and products.
Standards and principles are being developed by a task force composed of DHI experts and specialists in the relevant area.
The task force are following the Architecture Board Standards Process while writing the standards.
Note
The initial version of standards will establish a shared foundation for how development is approached at DHI.
Future versions will provide more detailed instructions, including templates and step-by-step guides.
The standards and principles will be published on DHI Developers once they are finalized.
Priorities and Status¶
The Architecture Board is currently working on the following principles and standards.
Note
Standards in *bold, are now published and are officially available.
| Principles/Standards | Owner | Task force | Status | Next deadline | Expected Enforcement level | Roll-out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development | ||||||
| 3rd Party Software Dependencies | kth | kth; jork; jabh; jgr; lac | Scope defined | Initial draft: May 12 | Important | August, 2026 |
| Back-end Frameworks | bogd | lac; bogd; oar; rask; msty | Initial draft complete | Task force review: September 11 | DHI good practice | September, 2026 |
| Branching Strategy | olko | jgr; kth; frt; olko | Published | Expected | April 27, 2026 | |
| Code Documentation | bogd | bogd; frt; jgr; rask | Task force review completed | PO Community roll-out: August 12 | Important | August, 2026 |
| DHI Visual Identity Standards | ftol | ftol; kkj; evhe | Expected | |||
| Inner-sourcing | jan | TBD | North Star: D2 - Planning and task force to be defined | Planning: September | DHI good practice | |
| Monitoring and Observability | bogd | bogd; kth; aug; jgr; vdj; sksh | Published | DHI good practice | June, 2026 | |
| Online Documentation | ajs | ajs; aug; jael; clcr | Published, Updated owner and task force | Update to reflect actual standards: September 11 | Important | September, 2026 |
| Testing standards | nire | nire; sksh; kbal; toko | Published | PO Community roll-out: August 12 | Important | July, 2026 |
| Web Frontend Development | dyk | dyk; rasa; finz | Published | PO Community roll-out, On-boarding video: July | Expected | July, 2026 |
| Emerging Technologies | ||||||
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | frt | jan; msty; frt; clcr; vdj | Published | Important | March 16, 2026 | |
| Infrastructure | ||||||
| Deployment & Infrastructure | pelo | kth; sksh; pelo; mbn | Scope approved | Infrastructure Security, September 11 | Important | September, 2026 |
| DevOps & CI/CD | olko | kth; jgr; jko; kbal; sksh; frt; olko | Published | , Add signing/certificate, September 11 | Important | April 27, 2026 |
| DHI Public NuGet Packages Policy | sksh | sksh; jgr; frt; pelo | Published | Conversion Execution: August | DHI good practice | June, 2026 |
| GitHub Governance | jan | rywm; mbn; mlla; savi | Published | Public repo governance | Expected | August, 2026 |
| Infrastructure as Code | mlla | pelo; mlla; jko; ahel; kbal | Task force updated | Merge into main and do Stakeholder review: September 11 | DHI good practice | September, 2026 |
| Tools and Applications | bogd | bogd; kth; lac; frt | Published | Engage and PO Community roll-out: August | DHI good practice | August, 2026 |
| Management & Compliance | ||||||
| Design Review | bogd | bogd; mlla; frt; dyk; jan | First draft completed | Task force review: September 11 | Important | September, 2026 |
| Process and gap analysis | kth | kth; thb; jabh | Process published on DHI Developers and SharePoint. | Roll-out plan: January 23 | Important | September, 2025 |
| Secure Development Practices | kth | kth; jgr; mbn; thb | Task force review complete | Stakeholder review: August | Mandatory | August, 2026 |
| Software Development Process | nire | nire; mlci; fari; kbal; elst | Draft #4 complete | Task force review #3: September 11 | Important | September, 2026 |
AI Skill Development¶
AI skills are being made to allow products and projects to scan repositories to generate reports containing compliance within development standards and recommended actions.
Reports will be available on Development Standards and Appliance Portal. Currently, skill usage can be found on the AI Skill Usage Portal.
| Task | Deadline | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHI Developers repo move | June 15 | Done | Move the DHI Developers repository containing source markdown files from DevOps to GitHub. |
| Solve standards conflicts and gaps | July | In progress | Prepare for the use of AI skills solving conflicts and gaps between development standards to ensure that all standards are part of the same story. |
| Write AI Skills | July | In progress | Create AI skills for individual standards. - Branching Strategy (OLKO) - DevOps & CI/CD (OLKO) - Code Documentation (BOGD) - DHI Public NuGet Packages Policy (SKSH) - Infrastructure as Code (MLLA) - Monitoring and Observability (BOGD) - Secure Development Standards (KTH) - Testing standards (NIRE) - Web Frontend Development (DYK) |
| Skill roll-out | July 31 | Pending | AI skills will be available for products and projects. |