The Art of Immutable Architecture: Theory and Practice of Data Management in Distributed Systems

© Michael L. Perry 2020

M. L. PerryThe Art of Immutable Architecturehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5955-9_3

3. How to Read a Historical Model

Michael L. Perry¹ 

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Allen, TX, USA

 

Throughout the rest of this book, we will be exploring many examples of historical models. To do so, we will need a language for describing them. This language will be part visual and part textual. The visual aspect of this language will aide in overall understanding, while the textual part will provide specificity.

The goal of the modeling languages, whether visual or textual, is to achieve a shared understanding about the decisions we are collectively making and the consequences of those decisions. Business analysts, product owners, and information architects will uncover ...