PROJECT DELIVERY FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION
Start consistently. Engineer securely. Deliver repeatably.
FOUNDATION turns AIC engineering practice into a repeatable project starting point, providing structured solution templates, configuration and delivery scaffolding that move teams from blank repository to governed engineering baseline quickly.
Product Type
Developer Platform
Product Code
AIC-FDN
Deployment
NuGet template/package distribution / developer workstation / Azure DevOps project and build environment
Key Differentiator
A versioned, regenerable engineering baseline designed to standardise how projects start without constraining what customer solutions become.
A Consistent Starting Point
AIC FOUNDATION is the project-foundation layer of AIC's reusable engineering ecosystem. It provides versioned templates and starting structures for creating modern software solutions with a consistent architecture, project layout, DevOps model and engineering guidance.
Rather than forcing every programme into an identical application, FOUNDATION establishes the baseline from which a customer-specific system can evolve. Teams begin with known structure and delivery controls, then add the domain capability required by the mission.
The Challenge
The first weeks of a software programme are often consumed by repository setup, project structure, pipeline creation, naming decisions, configuration conventions and documentation that have already been solved elsewhere.
When each team makes those decisions independently, organisations inherit inconsistent solutions that are harder to govern, onboard, secure and maintain.
The Capability
FOUNDATION packages AIC's preferred project structure, templates, YAML pipeline scaffolding, configuration patterns, notes and guidance into a reusable baseline that can be generated and validated as a product.
It is designed to work alongside FOUNDRY: FOUNDATION establishes the solution and delivery structure, while FOUNDRY supplies reusable engineering capability that the solution can consume.
Operational Outcomes
Move from blank repository to structured solution rapidly.
Standardise project and solution organisation across teams.
Reduce setup work and repeated architectural decisions.
Embed repeatable continuous integration and delivery scaffolding from the outset.
Improve developer onboarding and handover.
Create a consistent baseline for quality, testing and release governance.
Enable customer-specific delivery without maintaining unnecessary project forks.
Secure Engineering Baseline
FOUNDATION is intended to make delivery controls repeatable from project creation onward. Security-specific runtime behaviour is implemented by the resulting solution, while the template baseline supports consistent repository, pipeline, configuration and engineering practices that can be governed centrally.
Capabilities
Versioned project templates; solution scaffolding; reusable project structure; YAML pipeline foundations; configuration patterns; engineering guidance; CI/CD baseline; repeatable project creation
Integrations
Microsoft .NET; NuGet templates; Azure DevOps; YAML; Git; Visual Studio
Identity Support
Not applicable at template layer; identity is selected and implemented by the generated solution.
Data Residency
No hosted application data dependency. Templates are generated into the approved engineering environment.
Encryption
Application-specific and selected by the generated solution architecture.
