Build vs Buy Decisions — Roadmap Step & Resources
Evaluating when to build a capability in-house vs adopt a third-party or managed service
- Level: advanced
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: System Architecture
Before this step
Interview questions
- What factors would push you toward buying instead of building a component?
Study resources
- Build vs Buy Decision Framework (Article) — Andreessen Horowitz's widely-referenced framework for build vs buy decisions.
- Build vs Buy Explained (Video) — Covers factors that push a team toward buying instead of building a capability.
Part of
- Architecture Governance & Trade-off Analysis — section
- System Architecture roadmap — the full learning path