Software Architect's Handbook

Step 8 – Iterating if necessary

If it is decided that more iterations are needed, the process should go back to Step 2 for another iteration. As a software architect, there will be times where you feel more iterations are necessary, but something will prevent you from conducting more iterations. For example, the project management team may decide that there is not enough time for more iterations and that the architecture design process is done.

If no further iterations will take place, the software architecture design is complete.