Linked.Archi Financial Architecture Taxonomy

Financial Architecture Concept Scheme

Classification of financial architecture concepts by cost type, investment type, and analysis type.

• ▼By Cost Type
  • ▼Direct Costs
    Costs directly attributable to a specific architecture element.

    https://meta.linked.archi/financial-architecture/tax#DirectCosts
    • License Costs
    • ▼Infrastructure Costs
      • Cloud Costs (FinOps)
        See Also: CloudCostAllocation

        https://meta.linked.archi/financial-architecture/tax#CloudCostConcept
    • Labor Costs
  • ▼Indirect Costs
    Costs not directly attributable to a single element — shared services, overhead.

    https://meta.linked.archi/financial-architecture/tax#IndirectCosts
    • Support & Maintenance Costs
    • Compliance Costs
  • ▼Hidden Costs
    Costs that are often invisible in traditional reporting.

    https://meta.linked.archi/financial-architecture/tax#HiddenCosts
    • Technical Debt Costs
      See Also: TechnicalDebtCost

      https://meta.linked.archi/financial-architecture/tax#TechnicalDebtCostConcept
    • Opportunity Costs
    • Integration Costs
• ▼By Investment Type
  • Run (Keep the Lights On)
    Investment to maintain current operations — no new capabilities.

    https://meta.linked.archi/financial-architecture/tax#RunConcept
  • Grow (Expand Capabilities)
    Investment to expand capabilities or capacity on existing architecture.

    https://meta.linked.archi/financial-architecture/tax#GrowConcept
  • Transform (Modernize)
    Investment in fundamental modernization or replacement.

    https://meta.linked.archi/financial-architecture/tax#TransformConcept
• ▼By Analysis Type
  • Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
    See Also: CostModel

    https://meta.linked.archi/financial-architecture/tax#TCOAnalysisConcept
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)
    See Also: CostBenefitAnalysis

    https://meta.linked.archi/financial-architecture/tax#CBAAnalysisConcept
  • Return on Investment (ROI)
  • Net Present Value (NPV)
  • FinOps Cloud Cost Analysis
    See Also: CloudCostAllocation

    https://meta.linked.archi/financial-architecture/tax#FinOpsAnalysisConcept