In this chapter, you learned about the definition of solution architecture from the industry standards and in a more simplified way. You learned the importance of solution architecture, and how it can help the organization to achieve a more significant result and maximize the return on its investments. This chapter helped you to understand the benefits of having a solution architecture, and how it helps in different aspects of solution design and implementation.
In summary, solution architecture is a building block in a complex organization and is used to address all stakeholder's needs and establish a standard in order to fill the gap between business requirements and technical solutions. A good solution architecture not only addresses functional requirements but also puts long-term thought into, and takes care of, non-functional requirements such as scalability, performance, resiliency, high availability, disaster recovery, and so on. Solution architecture finds an optimal...
