05.1.2 · Skill in Iterative delivery

Incremental architecture

Growing the architecture step by step as real needs appear.

Incremental architecture builds what the product needs now and leaves room to change. It avoids big upfront designs based on guesses. Techniques like feature toggles and the strangler pattern let it evolve safely.

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Resources

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Parallel change ↗
Danilo Sato (martinfowler.com) · 6 min
Expand, migrate, contract. The pattern behind changing schemas and APIs without breaking running code.
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Monolith first ↗
Martin Fowler · 2015 · 6 min
Why most successful systems start as one well-structured application and split only when boundaries are clear.

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