Enterprise Reality

Constitution-Driven Engineering

Engineering from governed meaning to tested release

Constitution-Driven Engineering is the discipline used by the Enterprise Reality Programme to keep implementation aligned with accepted constitutional meaning, architecture and review evidence.

CDE Flow

From vision to release

  1. Vision
  2. Constitution
  3. Architecture
  4. ADRs
  5. Platform Layers
  6. Engineering Stories
  7. AI-Assisted Implementation
  8. Review
  9. Testing
  10. Release

Relationship to Established Practices

CDE complements existing engineering disciplines

Constitution-Driven Engineering is not presented as a replacement for established software disciplines. It adds a governance and meaning layer that helps architecture, implementation and review remain aligned.

  • Domain-Driven Design
  • Clean Architecture
  • Test-Driven Development
  • DevOps