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2988 questions of the kind that actually get asked — in interviews, in architecture review boards, and by the person who has to run the thing at 3 AM. Every answer states the trade-off rather than the slogan, and says when the obvious choice is the wrong one.

All areas2988 Architecture Fundamentals91 Distributed Systems111 Data Architecture100 Cloud Architecture97 Networking96 API & Integration Architecture97 Reliability & Resilience99 Observability92 Performance & Capacity Engineering100 Security Architecture105 Cost Architecture & FinOps102 Business Architecture103 Architecture Communication102 Enterprise Architecture100 Legacy Modernization102 AI-Era Architecture106 Software Architecture & Engineering93 Architecture Patterns94 Architecture Decision-Making101 The Architect's Meta-Skills102 Delivery & Release Engineering103 Platform Engineering & Developer Experience102 Testing & Quality Architecture102 Data Platform Architecture98 Streaming & Real-Time Data103 Data Governance & Semantics91 Frontend & Experience Architecture101 Edge, Mobile & IoT98 Regulatory & Data Protection Architecture99 Assurance, Audit & Model Risk98
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5 questions in Design Authority.

  1. Design Authority advanced

    An enterprise software vendor of SAP's shape runs a central design authority: a board of nine meeting fortnightly, 40 product teams, a median of 19 days from submission to decision. Leadership wants it replaced with federated decision-making without losing the ability to say what the company's architecture is. Give the sequence.

    3 min answer design-authorityadrfederationconformance
  2. Design Authority advanced

    An interviewer says — you run architecture governance at a travel marketplace with four consumer brands acquired over a decade, each with its own stack and its own engineering leadership. The executive team wants one design authority. Where do you take this?

    3 min answer expediadesign-authoritygovernanceacquisitions
  3. Design Authority advanced

    How would you structure a design review function that improves decisions without becoming a bottleneck?

    2 min answer design-reviewadvisorystandardsturnaround
  4. Design Authority advanced

    Review this design authority. Every change above £50,000 or touching customer data goes to a board of seven that meets fortnightly. Lead time to a decision averages three weeks. Last year it reviewed 94 submissions and rejected two. Teams have started splitting work to stay under the threshold. What would you change, and what would you keep?

    2 min answer arbgovernancereviewbottleneck
  5. Design Authority advanced

    What makes an architecture design authority useful rather than an obstacle?

    1 min answer design-authoritydecision-rightsgovernanceenablement