GATEWAY
02 · Define

Architecture & Operating Model

Translate an identified use case into a viable institutional system design.

A holistic architecture and operating-model view showing how the institution, Gateway infrastructure, existing systems and specialist partners fit together.

Start here when

Match the engagement to the decision in front of you.

  1. 01

    A use case has an internal sponsor and needs a credible system design.

  2. 02

    Control, jurisdiction, integration or partner boundaries are still unclear.

  3. 03

    The institution needs to know what to validate before approving production investment.

Typical working group
  • Product owner
  • Enterprise architecture
  • Security
  • Operations
  • Risk and compliance
Gateway's role

Turn the financial flow into an operating system

Gateway works from actors and money movement outward, defining where authority sits and how technology, providers and institutional systems meet.

  1. 01

    Model the financial workflow

    Name the actors, assets, obligations, state changes, evidence and exception paths.

  2. 02

    Set the control boundary

    Allocate data, keys, policy, deployment, administration and operating responsibility.

  3. 03

    Resolve interfaces

    Map core systems, networks, identity, money movement and specialist-provider dependencies.

What you receive

A tangible basis for the next institutional decision.

Gateway defines the network architecture, control boundaries, privacy model, jurisdictional requirements, integrations and operating responsibilities required around the proposed financial product.

  1. 01Target architecture
  2. 02Operating and control boundary
  3. 03Deployment model
  4. 04Integration map
  5. 05Partner and dependency map
  6. 06Validation or PoC recommendation
Exit criteria

The institution can inspect the proposed architecture, ownership model and unresolved assumptions, then approve a focused validation or production path.

Define with Gateway

A holistic architecture and operating-model view showing how the institution, Gateway infrastructure, existing systems and specialist partners fit together.

Exit criteria: The institution can inspect the proposed architecture, ownership model and unresolved assumptions, then approve a focused validation or production path.