Architecture tools and techniques

Tools and techniques to support design and communication of archiectural decisions and techniques to elicit archiectural designs

• Domain Driven Design
• Architecture Patterns
• Architectural Katas
• Composition (Aggregation)
• Command Query Separation
• Command Query Resposibility Segregation (CQRS)

Architectural Kata - Deliberate Practice

Architecture Kata is a group activity for deliberate practice, providing a rich environment to stretch architecture design skills.

Organising

• Architectural Decision Records

Visual tools

• ExcaliDraw - online tool to sketch designs and export to SVG or PNG format
• Miro - comprehensive online diagram tool with numerous templates
• Inkscape - open desktop diagram tool using SVG

Diagram as Code

• Structurizr architeture tool using the C4 model approach