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2667 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 areas2667 Architecture Fundamentals81 Distributed Systems101 Data Architecture90 Cloud Architecture87 Networking86 API & Integration Architecture78 Reliability & Resilience88 Observability81 Performance & Capacity Engineering90 Security Architecture95 Cost Architecture & FinOps92 Business Architecture93 Architecture Communication91 Enterprise Architecture91 Legacy Modernization92 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

48 questions in Business Architecture.

  1. Stakeholder Analysis intermediate

    Which stakeholders in an architecture decision do architects most often overlook, and what does each care about?

    2 min answer stakeholdersoperationssecurityfinance
  2. Stakeholder Analysis intermediate

    You are handed a design brief for a system spanning four departments. What do you do before designing anything?

    1 min answer stakeholdersrequirementsbusiness-architecture
  3. Team Topologies intermediate

    A platform company's teams are organised by technical layer - frontend, backend, database, infrastructure. What problems does this create, and what is the alternative?

    2 min answer team-topologiesstream-alignedhandoffsconways-law
  4. Team Topologies intermediate

    When should a capability be owned by a platform team rather than by a stream-aligned team?

    2 min answer team-topologiesplatformcognitive-loadself-service
  5. Time to Market intermediate

    A platform must ship a major capability quickly. Which architectural shortcuts are acceptable, and which create debt that compounds?

    2 min answer time-to-markettechnical-debtreversibilityshortcuts
  6. Time to Market intermediate

    A retail business needs a new category live before a seasonal peak. Engineering says the correct architecture takes two quarters. How should the trade-off be made?

    2 min answer nykaatime-to-markettechnical-debtreversibility
  7. Time to Market intermediate

    A retailer's new product category launches on schedule for the seasonal peak. The software works. Within two weeks, returns processing is a month behind, finance cannot reconcile settlements, and support handling time has doubled. What went wrong, and what does it say about time to market?

    3 min answer launchoperations readinessprocesscross-functional
  8. Time to Market intermediate

    Your time to market is eight weeks. How would you find out where it actually goes?

    2 min answer time-to-marketflowmeasurementconstraint
  9. Value Streams intermediate

    A commerce platform's engineering throughput is high but features take months to reach merchants. Where does value-stream mapping look, and what does it typically find?

    2 min answer value-streamlead-timeflowwait-time
  10. Value Streams intermediate

    A quick-commerce business running dark stores maps the value stream for "launch a new product category". The map has five boxes - groomed, built, reviewed, tested, deployed - totalling 11 working days with flow efficiency of 46%. On the strength of it, leadership funds a £600k pipeline programme to cut the 11 days. Review the map and the decision.

    3 min answer value-stream-mappingflow-efficiencyscopeprioritisation
  11. Value Streams intermediate

    A quick-commerce business wants to improve its ten-minute promise. The engineering team optimises the checkout API. Why is that likely the wrong target?

    2 min answer zeptovalue-streambottleneckphysical
  12. Value Streams intermediate

    Delivery feels slow and leadership wants a productivity initiative. You propose mapping the value stream first. What will you map and what do you expect to find?

    1 min answer business-architectureflowlead-time