The Lifecycle Architecture Milestone is the second major project milestone. During iteration assessments in Elaboration, you should keep these evaluation criteria in mind:

• Vision, requirements, and Architecture are stable
• Major risk elements are addressed and resolved by testing and evaluating executable prototypes
• Construction iterations are planned in sufficient detail, and credibly estimated to allow the work to proceed
• Stakeholders agree that the current vision can be met if plans are executed to develop a complete system on top of current architecture
• Resourse expenditures versus planned expenditures are acceptable

Note:

The project may be aborted or reconsidered if it fails to reach this milestone.