software architecture
This point follows from the previous two: Architecture not only imbues systems with qualities, but does so in a predictable way.
Rick Kazman • Software Architecture in Practice, 4th Edition
the two earlier points are: 1) a system ability to meet desired or required quality attributes is mostly determined by its architecture 2) the ease of makcing chnages (modifiability) is a quality attrbute
Architecture represents a common abstraction of a system that most, if not all, of the system’s stakeholders can use as a basis for creating mutual understanding, negotiating, forming consensus, and communicating with each other. The architecture—or at least parts of it—are sufficiently abstract that most nontechnical people can understand it to... See more
Paul Clements • Software Architecture in Practice, 4th Edition
helps with communiation among stakeholders
If you want your implementation to conform to an architecture, then it must conform to the design decisions prescribed by the architecture. It must have the set of elements prescribed by the architecture, these elements must interact with each other in the fashion prescribed by the architecture, and each element must fulfill its responsibility to... See more
Paul Clements • Software Architecture in Practice, 4th Edition
architecture should prescibe constraints on implementation
Org debt is just as dangerous as tech debt but is talked about much less
Org debt builds up every time a company operates without discipline:
- Inconsistent principles for promotions and comp
- Hiring without a clear scope for the new... See more
Dan Hockenmaiersubstack.comOrg debt is just as dangerous as tech debt but is talked about much less
Org debt builds up every time a company operates without discipline:
- Inconsistent principles for promotions and comp
- Hiring without a clear scope for the new role
- Trying new operating models but not sticking to them
- Allowing meeting creep
In the short term, it's always easier to just let this stuff happen. But in the long term, org debt will destroy a company. Execution will slow down, people will get frustrated, and the best ones will leave.
If you're considering joining a company, assess org discipline in the same way you'd assess their metrics and team.
Once an architecture has been defined, it can serve as the basis for incremental development. The first increment can be a skeletal system in which at least some of the infrastructure—how the elements initialize, communicate, share data, access resources, report errors, log activity, and so forth—is present, but much of the system’s application... See more
Paul Clements • Software Architecture in Practice, 4th Edition
enabling incremental development
Programming Pearls
The text compiles programming advice and principles, offering memorable rules and insights from various experts in software development, coding, debugging, performance optimization, user interfaces, and documentation.
moss.cs.iit.edu
- If your system requires high performance, then you need to pay attention to managing the time-based behavior of elements, their use of shared resources, and the frequency and volume of their interelement communication.
- If modifiability is important, then you need to pay attention to assigning responsibilities to elements and limiting the