Software Architecture Metrics

In the real world, the systems we build are part of complex adaptive systems that encompass developers, users, and customers, as well as their environments and organizational contexts. This reality calls for a more dynamic, almost organic approach to architecture and design, one that allows you to learn as you go and adapt your software to ever-cha

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At a more technical level, the drive for better testability and deployability (particularly testability) encourages engineers to design systems that separate essential and accidental complexity more effectively. This in turn keeps your options more open for changes, even quite radical changes, in other architectural properties of the system. This a

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Getting to great metrics requires a well-assembled system and a whole lot of work. But the truth is, you might not be working with a well-assembled system, or perhaps your organization has yet to put in the effort it takes to get all the way to fantastic metrics based on DevOps best practices. DevOps is a cultural shift; it’s easy to misunderstand

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Now you face a choice. You could continue to go it alone, keep your hands on the tiller, and steer the architectural ship to the best of your ability, alone in command. Or you could take advantage of this flowering within your teams. You could take your hands off the tiller, maybe gradually at first, and use the conversations and motivation the fou

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Culture is the biggest change DevOps has introduced to the software industry. This way of working means that both devs and ops must cross the borders of their disciplines: developers have to learn about the environment in which the software is executed and be able to detect and fix problems in automations and system scripts. Ops and SysAdmins need

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I believe that we need a new generation of software architects trained to do much more than group patterns between technical components. They’ll need to know how to facilitate workshops, understand group dynamics, and contribute to the overall business strategy. Understanding the implications of technical decisions on the social fabric will help th

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