Summary
In this chapter, we have started to look beyond the AZ-304 exam requirements, moving away from technological choices, to look more at our working practices.
The success or failure of any project often comes down to how we engage with our customers. The closer we work with and understand their requirements, the better equipped we are to build our solutions.
We have looked at who we need to work with, who our stakeholders are, and highlighted one of the biggest challenges of capturing requirements: being able to correctly understand what is being asked for.
We have seen some common examples of questions we need to ask for each of the five main pillars of architecture: costs, operations, performance, reliability, and security. We have also seen some ideas on how we can record our decisions and why this is important.
Finally, we looked at the importance of responding positively to feedback and challenges, and why, ultimately, this helps us design better solutions.
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