Foundation
Understand the operating environment, its constraints and the parts already doing useful work.
TC / SYSTEMS ENGINEERINGREFERENCE PLATE 01
Technology Com Dev / FIELD NOTE 03
Build the parts that hold.
Engineering decisions, interfaces and foundations designed to keep working together.
Explore the idea ↓A SYSTEM IS BUILT IN LAYERS NOTES / 01—03
BASE
Connection
Make interfaces between tools and teams legible before adding another layer.
Continuity
Leave a system easier to support and easier to change.
Designing systems that can be maintained
Reliability is a property of the whole system: its boundaries, ownership and change path.
Define the boundary
Separate the responsibility of each component.
Make dependencies visible
Document interfaces and what depends on them.
Plan for change
Keep deployment, monitoring and maintenance understandable.