A new technology has been identified and this task examines its possible use within the system or enterprise. This task examines the new technology, defines possible uses, and then defines its possible impacts on the existing IT architecture. These impacts may be at the Business level (e.g. new business opportunity), Logical level (e.g. a greatly revised IT architecture is needed) or the Technical level (e.g. the new technology is a simple substitute for existing technology, but with benefits).

The identified problem has been analyzed and precisely defined. Now possible solutions are documented and compared. The following steps are followed to ensure the resulting solution does indeed solve the problem:

1. Create a list of possible solutions to the problem;
2. Analyze the proposed solutions in terms of cost, pros, cons, etc.; 
3. Pick the best solution to the problem and document it in detail. 

If not solution can be found and agreed then the issue is escalated to a higher authority.