CSVLOD cheat sheet
+Svyatoslav Kotusev's six categories and 24 architecture artifact types from Enterprise Architecture on a Page v1.2.
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+ CSVLOD cheat sheet
+Enterprise architecture on a page: six categories and 24 artifact types from Svyatoslav Kotusev's poster v1.2.
+Use the two axes to place an architecture artifact: what it describes and how it describes it. CSVLOD stands for Considerations, Standards, Visions, Landscapes, Outlines and Designs.
+ +Landscape, 297 × 167 mm. Free to read and download, with no sign-up.
+Read the two axes
+What Artifacts Describe? The columns are Rules, Structures and Changes, from generic to specific. How Artifacts Describe? The rows are Business-Focused and IT-Focused.
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+ Business-Focused
+Rules
+Considerations
+Organisation-wide principles and context that guide architecture decisions.
+- Policies
- Principles
- Direction Statements
- Conceptual Data Models
- Analytical Reports
Structures
+Visions
+A shared business view for directing longer-term IT investment.
+- Context Diagrams
- Value Chains
- Business Capability Models
- Target States
- Roadmaps
Changes
+Outlines
+Business-readable proposals for evaluating and funding specific initiatives.
+- Initiative Proposals
- Options Assessments
- Solution Overviews
IT-Focused
+Rules
+Standards
+Technical guidance and reusable approaches for consistent implementation.
+- IT Principles
- Technology Reference Models
- Guidelines
- Logical Data Models
- Patterns
Structures
+Landscapes
+A technical overview of the existing IT estate and its evolution.
+- Inventories
- Enterprise System Portfolios
- Landscape Diagrams
- IT Roadmaps
Changes
+Designs
+Technical specifications for teams implementing approved solutions.
+- Preliminary Solution Designs
- Solution Designs
Use it as a reading aid
+The taxonomy describes observed architecture practice. It is not a requirement to create every listed artifact, and this sheet does not reproduce the source poster's example diagrams or usage-frequency legend.
+For a concrete application of the six perspectives, see the Acme architecture worked example. That example is a Transitrix interpretation of a fictional repository; this reference sheet preserves Kotusev's taxonomy without mapping it to Transitrix model types.
+Sources and attribution
+The taxonomy and artifact names are by Svyatoslav Kotusev. This is an independent Transitrix reference summary, not the author's original poster or an endorsement.
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- Enterprise Architecture on a Page, v1.2 — the source for the names, groups and axes on this sheet. +
- Enterprise Architecture on a Single Page — Kotusev's November 2017 BCS article explaining the poster. +
The sheet summarises the named v1.2 poster, rather than later editions or every possible architecture artifact. Short category descriptions are paraphrased. Primary sources checked 21 October 2026.
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