Architecture Review Communication: English Collocations
Architecture reviews are critical governance events in software delivery. Communicating about them effectively requires specific collocations — from scheduling reviews to raising concerns and documenting decisions in ADRs. This exercise covers the vocabulary used in architecture review boards, design discussions, and governance workflows.
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The team needs to ___ an architecture review before any service crosses the 1,000 requests-per-second threshold.
Schedule an architecture review is the standard collocation — reviews are formally 'scheduled' as gated events in the delivery lifecycle. 'Book' implies a calendar slot only; 'arrange' is informal; 'plan' is a preliminary step. 'Schedule' implies commitment to a specific time and participants.
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The architect presented the new event-sourcing design and asked reviewers to ___ any concerns before the end of the session.
Raise concerns is the professional collocation in review settings — reviewers 'raise' concerns to bring them formally to the group's attention. 'Voice concerns' is also natural; 'share' is informal; 'mention' understates the importance of the input. 'Raise' implies the concern deserves a response and resolution.
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The architecture review board asked the team to ___ their proposal to address the identified scalability risks.
Revise the proposal is the correct collocation for responding to review feedback — 'revise' implies thoughtful updating based on specific input. 'Update' is also correct; 'change' is too generic; 'redo' implies starting from scratch, which overstates the requirement. 'Revise' is standard in formal review processes.
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The design ___ the review board's requirements for data residency and fault isolation.
Satisfied the requirements is the most precise architecture review collocation — a design 'satisfies' requirements by meeting them fully. 'Met the requirements' is equally correct and common; 'passed the requirements' is grammatically awkward; 'fulfilled' is formal but also natural. 'Satisfied' and 'met' are both standard.
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The architect was asked to ___ the decision in an Architecture Decision Record before the sprint closes.
Document the decision is the standard architecture governance collocation — decisions are 'documented' in ADRs as a formal record. 'Capture' is also widely used; 'record' is a synonym; 'write up' is more informal. 'Document' is the canonical verb in governance and review process documentation.