Handbook
L7 — Multi-cloud / multi-platform solution
Status: Vision (grade a) — policy defined; max − 1 on the ladder; no implementation today. L7 stays flat — no sub-levels are defined for vision-stage levels, and no delivery at this scope is claimed or promised.
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Level at a glance
| Autonomous unit | A whole engineered solution spanning clouds/platforms |
| What stays fixed | Business framing |
| Human gate | Strategic checkpoints |
Canonical policy: Autonomy levels (Blueprints).
Building blocks at this level (planned)
| Building block | Planned role at L7 | Handbook link |
|---|---|---|
| forge-platform | Cross-product contracts; ecosystem_reference graph | Ecosystem reference |
| forge-lenses | Portfolio-level ForgeRun visibility | Platform reference architecture §4 |
| Forge Campaign | Orchestrated campaigns across platform boundaries | Forge Campaign |
| forge-fleet | Execution on infrastructure you own per cloud | Platform reference architecture §6 |
| blueprints | PDLC P1–P6; strategic checkpoints | PDLC |
| Multiple product repos | Lenses, Fleet, LCDL, KS, consumer sites | Intersection map |
Reference architecture flow (planned)
L7 multi-platform solution flow
How fixed business framing governs a whole engineered solution across clouds and platforms with strategic human checkpoints.
- [Business framing + strategic checkpoints]Business framing stays fixed while strategic checkpoints anchor executive gates.
- forge-platformecosystem_reference.v1 and cross-product contracts govern the portfolio graph.
- [cloud A]Fleet runners execute bounded jobs on the first cloud boundary.
- [cloud B]Fleet runners execute bounded jobs on the second cloud boundary.
- [on-prem]Fleet runners execute bounded jobs on owned on-prem infrastructure.
- Campaign stackForge Campaign coordinates L6 product increments across platform boundaries.
- Strategic review gatesHuman checkpoints review portfolio evidence beyond single-repo Assay.
[Business framing + strategic checkpoints]
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| forge-platform | ecosystem_reference.v1
| governance | cross-product contracts
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v v v
[cloud A] [cloud B] [on-prem] Fleet runners per boundary
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| Campaign stack | coordinated L6 increments
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v
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| Strategic | human checkpoints
| review gates | (not Assay alone)
+------------------+Gates and evidence (vision)
Inherits L6 gates, plus:
- Strategic checkpoints at platform/cloud boundaries
- Business framing documented and unchanged without executive gate
- No single-repo Assay suffices — portfolio evidence required
Implemented vs planned
| Implemented | Policy table row; ecosystem_reference JSON sample; multi-repo topology docs |
| Not implemented | L7 autonomous delivery; cross-cloud orchestration |
| Planned | Portfolio ForgeRun views; strategic checkpoint ceremony in blueprints |