Solution design, or solution architecture, is a field of expertise where many discussions are held. Not only is the type of solution always clear when embarking on a journey to solve our customers' problems, also the ideal approach to design the solution is subject to discussion very often. This main characteristic of solution design - and in fact design in general - has two flavors: Bottom-up and top-down. As discussed in Designing solutions top down [editor] of the Persistency Management guide, Blueriq allows both a bottom up and a top down design approach. In this article, the top down solution design approach using the target operating model is discussed.