Synthetic Exemplar Assessment — Everything as Code¶

BLUEPRINT — SYNTHETIC EXEMPLAR. This document is not a corporate current-state assessment. It is a worked example demonstrating how the assessment template is applied, using the synthetic NovaTrek Adventures workspace as the subject. All scores, file counts, and gaps below describe the fictional workspace. When the blueprint is exported to a corporate EaC Adoption Instance, this document is replaced — pillar by pillar — with the real assessment of the actual practice. The structure, pillar list, scoring rubric, and gap-table format are the durable parts; the findings are not.

This document assesses where the synthetic exemplar workspace stands on the EaC maturity model, pillar by pillar. It is the worked example that informs TRANSFORMATION-PLAN.md.

Summary¶

Pillar-by-Pillar Assessment¶

This assessment uses the canonical 35-pillar numbering from EVERYTHING-AS-CODE-FRAMEWORK.md. Pillars not represented in this synthetic exemplar workspace are marked NOT IN SCOPE — a full Instance assessment covers all 35 pillars.

Pillar A — Infrastructure as Code¶

Pillar B — Pipeline as Code¶

Pillar C — Actors as Code¶

Pillar D — Applications as Code¶

Pillar E — Architecture Artifacts as Code¶

Covers C4 diagrams, sequence diagrams, OpenAPI specs, cross-service call maps, domain definitions, CALM topology, and solution design architecture artifacts.

Pillar F — Capabilities as Code¶

Pillar G — Decisions as Code (ADRs)¶

Pillar H — Tickets as Code¶

Pillar I — Tests as Code¶

Pillar J — Policy as Code¶

Pillar K — AI Instructions as Code (AIaC)¶

Pillar L — Wireframes as Code (UIaC)¶

Pillar M — Documentation as Code (Docs as Code)¶

Pillar O — Governance as Code¶

Pillar P — Operational Runbooks as Code¶

Pillar Q — Data Models as Code¶

Pillar R — Database Migrations as Code¶

Pillar S — Data Contracts as Code¶

Pillar T — Event Schemas as Code¶

Pillars 20–35¶

A real corporate Instance assessment fills in all 35 rows with actual status, files, gaps, and maturity scores. "NOT IN SCOPE" here means the synthetic NovaTrek workspace is an architecture practice simulation — it does not represent a full production delivery organization.

Cross-Cutting Gaps¶

Where We Are vs. The Maturity Model¶

Level 0 ─ Documents
Level 1 ─ Wikified
Level 2 ─ Docs as Code             ████████████████  COMPLETE
Level 3 ─ Diagrams as Code         ████████████████  COMPLETE
Level 4 ─ Metadata as Code         ████████████████  COMPLETE (no schemas)
Level 5 ─ Generators in CI         ██████████████░░  MOSTLY COMPLETE
Level 6 ─ Governance as Code       ███████████░░░░░  IN PROGRESS (OpenSpec)
Level 7 ─ AI Instructions as Code  ██████░░░░░░░░░░  IN FLIGHT
Level 8 ─ Policy as Code           ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  NOT STARTED
Level 9 ─ AI-Native EaC            ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  ASPIRATIONAL