Architecture

Question 1

What is minimum viable product (MVP)?

Answer 1

A minimal viable product is a product with just enough features to be usable. This allows customers to provide early feedback and ensures developers do not waste time on unnecessary features.

Question 2

What technique(s) can be used to determine the minimum viable product?

Answer 2

Design Thinking

Question 3

What is Design Thinking?

Answer 3

Design thinking is a process that allows you to collect data directly from users, focusing on achieving the best results to solve a problem. This is done by discovering personas that will interact with the system. The focus is therefore on the user experience.

Question 4

What are the core concepts of Design Thinking?

Answer 4

1) Empathise: discover user concerns
2) Define: define user needs to solve problem
3) Ideate: brainstorm possibilities
4) Prototype: develop mock-ups
5) Test: does the prototype meet needs

Question 5

What is a design sprint?

Answer 5

5 day sprint intended to solve a critical business problem. Initially presented by Google.

Question 6

What are the principles of evolutionary architectures?

Answer 6

1. Architecture fitness functions
2. Appropriate coupling
3. Incremental change and continuous delivery

Question 7

What is an architecture quantum?

Answer 7

An architecture quantum is an independently deployable component with high functional cohesion, which includes all the structural elements for the system to function properly. A monolith, for example, has an architecture quantum of one.

Question 8

What are the three main topologies used to implement a microservices architecture?

Answer 8

1. API REST-based topology 2. Application REST-based topology 3. Centralised messaging topology

Question 9

What does Conway’s law state?

Answer 9

Any organization that designs a system…will inevitably produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization’s communication structure.