Steps to Create Reference Architecture

1. Define Goals: Understand the end goal of your reference architecture. What do you want to achieve?

2. Choose Your Tools: Engage with your end users (developers) to understand the tools they use daily.

3. Research Best Practices: Research industry standards and best practices for using the chosen tools and processes.

4. Create a Prototype: Using the gathered tools and best practices, create an initial version of the reference architecture.

5. Documentation: Create detailed documentation of each step, tool usage, configuration settings, and best practices.

6. Get Feedback and Iterate: Share the prototype and documentation with your developers to gather feedback.

7. Deploy to Product Central: Once ready, deploy the reference architecture to Product Central as a template or guided walkthrough.