Software architecture aims to describe the high level structures of software as well as the discipline of creating them.

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• Design patterns
• Methodology
• Documentation
• Workshop formats
• Modeling
• Tools
• Frameworks
  • Scrum
  • Lean software development
  • Extreme programming
  • DevOps

• Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, by Gamma et al - The one that started it all 📙.
• Software Design Patterns: A Guide - Introduction to common software design patterns.
• Software Design Patterns and Principes (quick overview) - Reasons about common design patterns as well as their upsides and downsides 🎥.
• CQRS - Segregate operations that read data from operations that update data by using separate interfaces.
• Event Sourcing - Instead of storing just the current state of the data in a domain, use an append-only store to record the full series of actions taken on that data.
• Feature Toggles - Feature Toggles (often also refered to as Feature Flags) are a powerful technique, allowing teams to modify system behavior without changing code.
• Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Functional Testing - BDD uses human-readable descriptions of software user requirements as the basis for software tests.
• Ports and adapters pattern - Decouple the application core logic from the services it uses.
• N-tier architecture style - Layers are a way to separate responsibilities and manage dependencies.

• No silver bullet, by Brooks - Making a case for growing software in small increments 📙.
• Clean Architecture, by Robert C Martin - Key principles and concepts for building sustainable and maintainable software 📙.
• Technical Debt, by Fowler - On the cost and impact of accumulating technical debt.

• Architectural Decision Records - Version and document architectural decisions the same way you do with code.
• Documenting architecture - Pragmatic tips on how to effectively document software architecture.

• Event Storming - Format for exploring domain driven-design.
• MoSCoW Prioritization - Fast and dead-simple way of prioritizing requirements.
• Story mapping - Visualize your requirements by creating story maps.
• Impact mapping - A strategic planning technique used for building products and delivering projects.
• Business Model Canvas - Business plans made simple and visual.
• Business Model Generation, by Osterwalder & Pigneur - Easily visualize your value proposition, costs and revenue streams 📙.

• The C4 Model - Describe software using Context, Containers, Components and Code.
• Wikipedia: Data modeling - Great, short, introduction to data modeling.

• Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect - Object-oriented modelling suite. Only available natively for Windows.
• Visual Paradigm - Similar to Enterprise Architect. Available for multiple platforms.
• Lucidchart - Paid cloud-based diagram editor. Available on all common platforms.
• Draw.io - Free and simple diagram editor. Comparable to Visio and its likes. Available on all common platforms.
• Structurizr - Modelling tool based on the C4 Model (see above).
• PlantUML - Like markdown for diagrams, PlantUML renders an english-like grammer into diagrams.
• PlantUML for Atlassian - Adds support for PlantUML-based diagrams in the atlassian suite.

• Scrum - Framework for developing and maintaining complex products.
• SAFe - Scalable agile framework.
• Nexus - Scalable Scrum according to Ken Schwaber, co-creator of Scrum.

• Wikipedia: Lean Software Development - Translation of lean manufacturing for the software development domain.
• Rolling rocks downhill, by Clarke Ching - Business novel about agile and lean software development 📙.
• The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement, by Goldratt - Business novel about contiuous improvements in a manufacturing setting. Easily adaptable to software development as well 📙.

• Extreme Programming - The most specific of the popular agile processes, focusing on engineering and development practices.

• Wikipedia: DevOps - Combining software development and operations practices to shorten time to market while maintaining high quality.
• The Phoenix Project, by Gene Kim et al - Business novel about IT, Devops and helping your Business win 📙.
• Keep CALMS and carry on - How BPDTS use the CALMS model as a reference for their devops adaptations.
• Chaos Engineering at Netfix - Chaos Engineering is a new discipline within Software Engineering, building confidence in the behavior of distributed systems at scale 🎥.

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