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2627 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 areas2627 Architecture Fundamentals81 Distributed Systems101 Data Architecture90 Cloud Architecture77 Networking86 API & Integration Architecture78 Reliability & Resilience88 Observability81 Performance & Capacity Engineering90 Security Architecture85 Cost Architecture & FinOps82 Business Architecture93 Architecture Communication91 Enterprise Architecture91 Legacy Modernization82 AI-Era Architecture86 Software Architecture & Engineering84 Architecture Patterns84 Architecture Decision-Making91 The Architect's Meta-Skills92 Delivery & Release Engineering93 Platform Engineering & Developer Experience92 Testing & Quality Architecture90 Data Platform Architecture88 Streaming & Real-Time Data93 Data Governance & Semantics81 Frontend & Experience Architecture91 Edge, Mobile & IoT88 Regulatory & Data Protection Architecture90 Assurance, Audit & Model Risk88
Difficulty Any beginner intermediate advanced

6 questions in Business Architecture.

  1. Organisational Constraints beginner Multiple choice

    You are designing a new order-management service for a mid-size retailer. Four facts about the organisation come up in the first week. Which one changes what you are allowed to design, as opposed to merely making the work slower or less pleasant?

    3 min answer organisational constraintson-calloperabilitydesign drivers
  2. Portfolio Prioritisation beginner

    A quarterly plan allocates 100% of engineering capacity to roadmap features. The rationale is that maintenance work can be picked up as it arises. Review the plan.

    2 min answer capacity planningmaintenancedependency currencyprioritisation
  3. Product Thinking beginner

    A grocery-delivery product in the mould of Instacart wants to replace "we will message you if an item is out of stock" with "we substitute automatically and you are never charged more". The product manager calls it a copy change. What has the business bought and what has it just agreed to pay for?

    3 min answer product thinkingpromisessubstitutionspricing
  4. Product Thinking beginner

    An internal tool's users are required to use it. Which product signals still mean something, and which are worthless?

    2 min answer internal productsmeasurementadoptioncaptive users
  5. Stakeholder Analysis beginner

    A migration proposal cuts total three-year cost from £4.2m to £3.1m. The finance director objects to it. What mechanism makes a cheaper design worse from their seat, and what would you change about the proposal?

    3 min answer stakeholderscapex-opexfinancebusiness-case
  6. Team Topologies beginner Multiple choice

    A team of four engineers owns one service with a 24/7 paging rota. Leadership wants them to take on two more services of similar size. Which fact about the rota decides whether that is possible?

    3 min answer team-topologieson-callcognitive-loadownership