New product architecture
Choose a practical system structure around workflows, constraints and delivery capacity.
Software Architecture Services
Architecture design and review for new products and evolving systems, turning requirements into explicit boundaries, contracts and technical decisions.
Application
Request API
Asynchronous boundary
Job queue
Export worker
Receipt and download status return to the app
Tools & technologies
- C4 diagrams
- API contracts
- Data modelling
- Architecture decision records
Make the hard boundaries visible.
System evolution
Plan how a growing application separates responsibilities without disrupting users.
Integration design
Define ownership, failure behavior and compatibility between services.
Separate a slow export workflow
Capability Example
Large report exports delay an otherwise responsive application.
Illustrative data. Nothing is sent to an external system.
Example workspace1 / 3
Request trace
1Export blocks application response
2Inputs and owner identified
3Slow operation isolated
Trace request time and identify the blocking work.
Job boundary
1Export queued with stable job ID
2Result stored in private location
3Application shows job status
Move export generation to a job with owned inputs and a result location.
Prototype evidence
1Cancellation tested
2Retries do not duplicate output
3Download access enforced
Prototype cancellation, retries and access to completed files.
A bounded change with a job contract and rollout steps, rather than an untested system-wide rewrite.
Follow the record through the next step
Decisions the implementation team can use.
- System and data-flow diagrams
- Architecture decision records
- Interface and ownership contracts
- Incremental implementation roadmap
- System and data-flow diagrams
- Architecture decision records
- Interface and ownership contracts
- Incremental implementation roadmap
Set the decision's scale before drawing services.
Constraints
Document budget, team capacity, availability and data requirements before choosing a topology.
Evidence
Use measurements and a small prototype to test consequential assumptions.
Questions before we start.
Does architecture consulting include implementation?
It can. Design deliverables and implementation milestones are scoped separately so the team knows what will be built.
Do you recommend microservices by default?
No. A modular application may be the better fit. Service separation needs an operational or ownership reason.
Bring your starting point.
Share your system diagram, current bottleneck and the constraints that cannot change.
