Figure A-1 summarizes the architecture characteristics scoring for each of the architecture styles described in this report. One dot means that the architecture characteristic is not well supported by the architecture style, whereas five dots means it’s well supported by that style.
This summary will help you determine which style might be best for your situation. For example, if your primary architectural concern is scalability, you can look across this chart and see that the event-driven style, microservices style, and space-based style are probably good architecture style choices. Similarly, if you choose the layered architecture style for your application, you can refer to the chart to see that deployment, performance, and scalability might be risk areas in your architecture.
While this chart and report will help guide you in choosing the right style, there is much more to consider when choosing an architecture style. You must analyze all aspects of your environment, including infrastructure support, developer skill set, project budget, project deadlines, and application size, to name a few. Choosing the right architecture style is critical, because once an architecture is in place, it is very hard (and expensive) to change.
Figure A-1. Architecture styles rating summary
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