Guidelines for design/architecture review

I'm conducting a design/architecture review for a part of our system that needs seriously re-visiting. I'm going to be formally presenting the review and was hoping for a few pointers.
Does anybody have a set of guidelines they follow for such a review? Are there any suitable articles or books for me to refer to?
Thank you.

I'll probably be stating the obvious for you but:
- Direction Enterprise
      - what's on for the future
          - 6 mo
          - 12 mo
          - 2 yr
          - 5 yr
- Weak points of existing systems: (contrasted with Enterprise Direction)
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      - to what extent is it believed to impact current operation
      - how does it hinder future growth
- Prioritize Systems/Component replacements
      - imediate (right now)
      - short range (1 year)
      - middle      (2 years)
      - long range (5+ years)
- Return on Investments
      - try to quantify $ or empowerment to meeet Enterprise Direction
      - impact of doing nothing

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Hi,
not sure why your download stops.. you can also try to download via this link: [http://www.sapdesignguild.org/resources/CRM-UI-Guidelines-Customers.pdf|http://www.sapdesignguild.org/resources/CRM-UI-Guidelines-Customers.pdf] (Document is 17,4MB of size)
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Hi,
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