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In an existing system some combination of these attributes: - High quality (e.g. low number of issues hit by customers, resilient to failures, efficient, secur
by YZF 4mo ago
In an existing system some combination of these attributes:
- High quality (e.g. low number of issues hit by customers, resilient to failures, efficient, secure etc.)
- Easy to maintain (well organized, broken down in a sensible way into components or layers)
- Easy to extend/adapt to future requirements (i.e. the designer was able to anticipate the likely direction of the system and account for that in the design)
Automated testing feels a bit orthogonal to me but a system that is easy to test is likely one with a better architecture. It's not strictly part of what I'd call architecture.
Less different technologies - YES!
Runs on fewer machines is a sign of an efficient/performant design. Less well designed systems exhibit bloat that is often made up for by running on more machines.
- jeffreygoesto 4mo agoWe sometimes point to ISO25010 [0] if management or not so experienced devs are asking. It contains a good deal of the relevant "qualities" you keep an eye on for quality. [0] https://iso25000.com/index.php/en/iso-25000-standards/iso-25010/ https://iso25000.com/index.php/en/iso-25000-standards/iso-25...
- sunrunner 4mo agoThat looks like a whole lot of dimensions to measure without providing any clear way of actually doing so. Which I guess is the point? But what do management or less experienced devs actually do with the information in the standard after they’ve read it?
- bluefirebrand 4mo agoHopefully, they ask more experienced devs "what do we do to accomplish this" and hopefully the devs on their team actually are experienced enough to have good answers
- jeffreygoesto 4mo agoYou put all as cards on the table and have management pick their top three or five and their order. Can be extended to a full day workshop with your stakeholders, if useful. It gives you a relatively complete taxonomy and you can speak about it with the same vocabulary which is a benefit on its own also.