Boundaries

What is Coupling?

Coupling is the way parts of a software system depend on each other; this article explains what …

What is Modularity?

This article explains what modularity is, how it turns systems into evolvable building blocks, and …

Dimensions of Coupling

This article explains what the Dimensions of Coupling are, breaking coupling into what is shared, …

Balancing Coupling

This article explains what balancing coupling is, combining strength, distance, and volatility to …

What is Component?

This article explains what a software component is, how it encapsulates responsibility behind clear …

Defining components

This article explains what a software component is, how to define components as responsible building …

What is a Service?

This article explains what a Service is, clarifying how it differs from a component and how service …

Sharing

This article explains what sharing and reuse mean in distributed architectures, how different reuse …

Managing Operational Data

This article explains what managing operational data is, how to split and own it in distributed …

Managing Analytical Data

This article explains what managing analytical data is, how to move from brittle central warehouses …

Managing Distributed Workflows

This article explains what managing distributed workflows is, how orchestration and choreography …

Contracts

This article explains what Contracts are, how their strictness shapes coupling between components …

Trade off analysis

This article explains what Trade-Off Analysis is, how to build your own decision matrices, and how …