Ongoing Architecture
Just as software itself is never truly complete, software architecture is never a finished piece of work. There are always changes, adjustments, and tweaks that need to be performed in order to improve the system: adding new features; improving performance; fixing security problems. While good architecture requires us to understand deeply how to design a system, the reality of the ongoing process is more about making changes and improvements.
We will talk in this chapter about some of those aspects, as well as dealing with some of the techniques and ideas around making changes in a real working system, keeping in mind that the process can always be improved further by reflecting on how the process is performed and following some guidelines to ensure that the system can be changed continuously while at the same time maintaining service to customers.
In this chapter, we'll cover the following topics:
- Adjusting the architecture ...
