Part XI — System Design & Architecture

Part XI develops the ability to reason about system design and architecture as Quality Engineering.

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 — System Design & Architecture as Quality Engineering

   150 minutes, plus the practical exercise · Status: Draft · Version: 0.1.0

   Prerequisites: Parts I and III; Parts IV, VII, VIII, and X recommended

2. Chapter 2 — Boundaries, Responsibilities, Coupling, and Dependencies

   170 minutes, plus the practical exercise · Status: Draft · Version: 0.1.0

   Prerequisites: Chapter 1; Part IV contract vocabulary and Part VI ownership/reconciliation concepts recommended

3. Chapter 3 — Communication, Time, and Failure Across Boundaries

   180 minutes, plus the practical exercise · Status: Draft · Version: 0.1.0

   Prerequisites: Chapters 1–2; Part IV asynchronous and API-boundary fundamentals

4. Chapter 4 — State Ownership, Consistency, and Transactional Boundaries

   180 minutes, plus the practical exercise · Status: Draft · Version: 0.1.0

   Prerequisites: Chapters 1–3; Parts IV and VI recommended

5. Chapter 5 — Architectural Styles and Decomposition Trade-offs

   180 minutes, plus the practical exercise · Status: Draft · Version: 0.1.0

   Prerequisites: Chapters 1–4

6. Chapter 6 — Quality Attributes, Constraints, and Trade-off Scenarios

   180 minutes, plus the practical exercise · Status: Draft · Version: 0.1.0

   Prerequisites: Chapters 1–5; Parts I, VIII, and X recommended

7. Chapter 7 — Architecture for Testability, Observability, Operability, and Recovery

   180 minutes, plus the practical exercise · Status: Draft · Version: 0.1.0

   Prerequisites: Chapters 1–6; Parts III, V, VII, and VIII recommended

8. Chapter 8 — Contracts, Compatibility, and Change Impact

   180 minutes, plus the practical exercise · Status: Draft · Version: 0.1.0

   Prerequisites: Chapters 2–7; Part IV required, Part VI recommended

9. Chapter 9 — Architecture Evidence, Fitness Functions, and Decision Records

   180 minutes, plus the practical exercise · Status: Draft · Version: 0.1.0

   Prerequisites: Chapters 1–8

10. Chapter 10 — Evolution, Migration, Reversibility, and Architecture Debt

    180 minutes, plus the practical exercise · Status: Draft · Version: 0.1.0

    Prerequisites: Chapters 1–9; Parts IV, VI, and VII recommended

11. Chapter 11 — Integrated Architecture Decisions: Scale, Security, Reliability, and Residual Risk

    190 minutes, plus the practical exercise · Status: Draft · Version: 0.1.0

    Prerequisites: Chapters 1–10; Parts VIII and X recommended

12. Chapter 12 — Capstone: System Design & Architecture Quality Strategy and Evidence Portfolio

    6–10 hours across several sessions · Status: Draft · Version: 0.1.0

    Prerequisites: Chapters 1–11