Chapter 1 — Architectural Decision Records
Purpose
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| Author | Amit Singh |
| Scope | system-design |
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Chapter 3 — Build vs. Buy
The decision framework for build-vs-buy that goes beyond cost — differentiation, lock-in, and long-term maintenance burden.
Chapter 6 — Engineering Economics
Framing technical decisions in terms of cost, risk, and opportunity cost so they're defensible to a non-engineering stakeholder.
Chapter 2 — Evolutionary Architecture
Designing for incremental change rather than a big-bang rewrite, and the fitness functions that keep an architecture from drifting.
Chapter 9 — Executive Communication
Translating an architecture decision into the risk/cost/timeline framing an executive audience actually needs to approve it.