Terminology

991 terms, tools, patterns and metrics an architect is expected to use precisely. Each one gets a short explanation of what it is, and — where it matters — what it is commonly confused with. Search filters as you type; the column headers sort.

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4 terms shown.

Term	Kind	Topic	What it is
Enabling Team	pattern	Platform Team Topologies	A team whose output is other teams' increased capability, working alongside them temporarily and deliberately removing itself.
Ephemeral Environment	pattern	Developer Environments	A full environment created on demand for one change and destroyed afterwards, which removes the queue for shared environments and the drift within them.
Golden Path	pattern	Paved Road & Golden Path	One opinionated end-to-end route from idea to production that is genuinely easier than the alternatives, and is supported rather than mandated.
Namespace Tenancy	pattern	Platform Tenancy	Isolating teams within a shared cluster by namespace plus quota plus network policy, and being explicit about what that does not isolate.