Chapter 6
Decisions
Running a software architecture practice, as well as building a product, running a team, making a change, and fixing a defect, are all activities that involve a never-ending series of decisions. Ultimately, the product we deliver is the accumulation of changes we decided to make—and the ones we decided not to make. A strong decision-making capability is thus an essential part of the process for an effective software architecture practice.
The more effectively and efficiently we make these decisions, the better and more quickly we deliver. Instead of letting each decision just happen in some ad-hoc fashion, we can put a structured, repeatable process in place. In doing so, we can also develop our decision-making skills. We ...
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