Capstone: Propose & Defend a Full System Architecture — Roadmap Step…
Design a complete system architecture from requirements through deployment, and defend it against critique
- Level: advanced
- Estimated time: 5 days
- Roadmap: System Architecture
Before this step
Mini projects
- Produce a full architecture proposal (C4 diagrams, ADRs, quality attribute analysis) for a system of your choice and defend it in a mock review
Interview questions
- Walk through how you'd defend a controversial architectural trade-off to a skeptical review board
Study resources
- C4 Model (Article) — The official C4 Model site, a key tool for producing the diagrams a capstone proposal needs.
- How to Present and Defend an Architecture Proposal (Video) — Covers defending architectural trade-offs to a skeptical review board, directly relevant to the capstone.
Part of
- Architecture Case Studies & Capstone — section
- System Architecture roadmap — the full learning path