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+ # Architecture Evaluation and Testing
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+
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+ ## Overview
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+
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+ This document covers architecture evaluation methods including ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method), chaos engineering, architecture reviews, and testing strategies for validating architectural decisions.
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Knowledge
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+
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+ ### ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
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+
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+ **What is ATAM?**
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+ - Systematic method for evaluating software architectures
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+ - Developed by Software Engineering Institute (SEI)
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+ - Focuses on quality attribute tradeoffs
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+ - Identifies architectural risks and sensitivity points
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+ - Stakeholder-centric evaluation
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+
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+ **ATAM Phases**
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+
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+ **Phase 1: Presentation**
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+ 1. **Present ATAM Method** - Explain process to stakeholders
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+ 2. **Present Business Drivers** - Business goals, context, constraints
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+ 3. **Present Architecture** - Architectural approaches and patterns
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+ 4. **Identify Architectural Approaches** - Key architectural decisions
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+ 5. **Generate Quality Attribute Utility Tree** - Prioritize quality attributes
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+ 6. **Analyze Architectural Approaches** - Evaluate against quality attributes
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+
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+ **Phase 2: Investigation and Analysis**
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+ 7. **Brainstorm and Prioritize Scenarios** - Stakeholder scenarios
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+ 8. **Analyze Architectural Approaches** - Deep dive into scenarios
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+ 9. **Present Results** - Findings, risks, sensitivity points
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+
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+ **Quality Attribute Utility Tree**
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+ ```
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+ Quality Attributes
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+ ├── Performance
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+ │ ├── Latency (H, H)
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+ │ │ └── Scenario: API response < 200ms under 1000 req/s
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+ │ └── Throughput (H, M)
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+ │ └── Scenario: Process 10,000 orders/hour
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+ ├── Security
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+ │ ├── Authentication (H, H)
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+ │ │ └── Scenario: Prevent unauthorized access
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+ │ └── Data Protection (H, H)
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+ │ └── Scenario: Encrypt sensitive data at rest
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+ └── Scalability
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+ ├── Horizontal Scaling (M, H)
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+ │ └── Scenario: Scale to 10x traffic
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+ └── Database Scaling (M, M)
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+ └── Scenario: Handle 1M users
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+
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+ (H, H) = High Importance, High Difficulty
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+ (H, M) = High Importance, Medium Difficulty
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+ (M, H) = Medium Importance, High Difficulty
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+ ```
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+
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+ **ATAM Outputs**
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+ - **Architectural Approaches** - Key design decisions
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+ - **Quality Attribute Scenarios** - Concrete quality requirements
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+ - **Sensitivity Points** - Decisions critical to quality attributes
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+ - **Tradeoff Points** - Decisions affecting multiple attributes
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+ - **Risks** - Potential problems
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+ - **Non-Risks** - Decisions that are sound
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+
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+ ### Chaos Engineering
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+
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+ **What is Chaos Engineering?**
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+ - Discipline of experimenting on distributed systems
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+ - Proactively inject failures to test resilience
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+ - Validate system behavior under adverse conditions
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+ - Build confidence in system reliability
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+ - Pioneered by Netflix (Chaos Monkey)
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+
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+ **Chaos Engineering Principles**
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+
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+ **1. Build a Hypothesis**
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+ - Define steady state (normal behavior)
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+ - Hypothesize steady state continues during chaos
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+ - Example: "API latency remains < 200ms even if one service instance fails"
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+
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+ **2. Vary Real-World Events**
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+ - Simulate realistic failure scenarios
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+ - Hardware failures, network issues, resource exhaustion
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+ - Dependency failures, traffic spikes
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+
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+ **3. Run Experiments in Production**
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+ - Test in production (with safeguards)
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+ - Staging doesn't replicate production complexity
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+ - Start small, increase blast radius gradually
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+
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+ **4. Automate Experiments**
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+ - Continuous chaos engineering
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+ - Integrate into CI/CD pipeline
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+ - Automated rollback on failure
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+
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+ **5. Minimize Blast Radius**
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+ - Limit impact of experiments
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+ - Start with small percentage of traffic
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+ - Have kill switch ready
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+
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+ **Chaos Experiments**
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+
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+ **Infrastructure Chaos**
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+ - **Instance Termination** - Kill random instances
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+ - **Network Latency** - Inject network delays
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+ - **Network Partition** - Simulate network splits
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+ - **Resource Exhaustion** - CPU/memory/disk stress
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+ - **Clock Skew** - Time synchronization issues
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+
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+ **Application Chaos**
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+ - **Dependency Failures** - Simulate service unavailability
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+ - **Exception Injection** - Trigger error paths
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+ - **Latency Injection** - Slow down operations
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+ - **Data Corruption** - Invalid data scenarios
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+
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+ **Tools**
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+ - **Chaos Monkey** - Random instance termination (Netflix)
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+ - **Chaos Toolkit** - Open-source chaos engineering
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+ - **Gremlin** - Chaos engineering platform
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+ - **Litmus** - Kubernetes chaos engineering
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+ - **Pumba** - Docker chaos testing
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+
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+ ### Architecture Reviews
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+
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+ **Types of Architecture Reviews**
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+
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+ **1. Design Review**
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+ - **When**: Before implementation
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+ - **Purpose**: Validate design decisions
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+ - **Participants**: Architects, senior developers, stakeholders
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+ - **Focus**: Alignment with requirements, quality attributes
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+
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+ **2. Code Review (Architecture Focus)**
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+ - **When**: During implementation
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+ - **Purpose**: Ensure code follows architecture
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+ - **Participants**: Developers, architects
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+ - **Focus**: Architectural patterns, dependency rules
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+
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+ **3. Post-Implementation Review**
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+ - **When**: After deployment
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+ - **Purpose**: Validate architecture in production
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+ - **Participants**: Architects, operations, developers
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+ - **Focus**: Performance, scalability, maintainability
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+
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+ **4. Periodic Review**
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+ - **When**: Quarterly/annually
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+ - **Purpose**: Assess architecture evolution
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+ - **Participants**: Architecture team, stakeholders
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+ - **Focus**: Technical debt, modernization opportunities
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+
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+ **Architecture Review Checklist**
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+
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+ **Functional Requirements**
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+ - ✓ All use cases supported
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+ - ✓ Business logic correctly implemented
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+ - ✓ Integration points defined
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+
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+ **Quality Attributes**
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+ - ✓ Performance targets met
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+ - ✓ Security requirements addressed
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+ - ✓ Scalability approach defined
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+ - ✓ Reliability/availability targets
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+ - ✓ Maintainability considerations
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+
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+ **Architecture Principles**
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+ - ✓ Separation of concerns
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+ - ✓ Loose coupling, high cohesion
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+ - ✓ Appropriate abstraction levels
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+ - ✓ Consistent patterns used
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+
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+ **Technical Debt**
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+ - ✓ Known limitations documented
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+ - ✓ Workarounds identified
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+ - ✓ Refactoring plan exists
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+
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+ ### Architecture Testing
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+
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+ **Types of Architecture Tests**
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+
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+ **1. Fitness Functions**
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+ - Automated tests for architectural characteristics
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+ - Enforce architectural constraints
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+ - Run in CI/CD pipeline
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+
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+ **2. Performance Testing**
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+ - Load testing
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+ - Stress testing
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+ - Endurance testing
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+ - Spike testing
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+
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+ **3. Security Testing**
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+ - Penetration testing
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+ - Vulnerability scanning
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+ - Security code review
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+ - Threat modeling validation
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+ **4. Resilience Testing**
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+ - Chaos engineering experiments
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+ - Failover testing
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+ - Disaster recovery drills
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+ - Circuit breaker validation
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+ **5. Integration Testing**
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+ - Service integration tests
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+ - Contract testing
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+ - End-to-end testing
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Skills
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+
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+ ### Conducting ATAM Evaluations
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+ **Preparation**
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+ 1. Identify stakeholders (business, development, operations)
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+ 2. Schedule evaluation sessions (typically 2-3 days)
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+ 3. Gather architecture documentation
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+ 4. Prepare presentation materials
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+
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+ **Execution**
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+ 1. Present ATAM method to stakeholders
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+ 2. Elicit business drivers and constraints
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+ 3. Present architecture and key decisions
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+ 4. Build quality attribute utility tree
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+ 5. Generate and prioritize scenarios
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+ 6. Analyze architectural approaches
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+ 7. Identify risks, sensitivity points, tradeoffs
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+ 8. Document findings and recommendations
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+
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+ **Follow-up**
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+ 1. Present results to stakeholders
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+ 2. Prioritize risks for mitigation
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+ 3. Create action plan for improvements
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+ 4. Schedule follow-up reviews
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+
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+ ### Designing Chaos Experiments
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+ **1. Define Steady State**
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+ ```typescript
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+ // Example: API latency steady state
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+ interface SteadyState {
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+ metric: string;
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+ threshold: number;
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+ unit: string;
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+ }
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+
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+ const apiLatencySteadyState: SteadyState = {
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+ metric: 'p95_latency',
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+ threshold: 200,
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+ unit: 'ms'
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+ };
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+ ```
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+
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+ **2. Formulate Hypothesis**
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+ ```typescript
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+ interface ChaosHypothesis {
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+ steadyState: SteadyState;
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+ experiment: string;
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+ expectedOutcome: string;
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+ }
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+
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+ const hypothesis: ChaosHypothesis = {
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+ steadyState: apiLatencySteadyState,
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+ experiment: 'Terminate 1 of 3 API instances',
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+ expectedOutcome: 'p95 latency remains < 200ms'
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+ };
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+ ```
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+
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+ **3. Design Experiment**
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+ ```typescript
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+ interface ChaosExperiment {
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+ name: string;
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+ hypothesis: ChaosHypothesis;
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+ blastRadius: number; // percentage of traffic
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+ duration: number; // seconds
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+ rollbackCondition: string;
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+ steps: ExperimentStep[];
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+ }
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+
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+ interface ExperimentStep {
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+ action: string;
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+ target: string;
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+ parameters: Record<string, any>;
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+ }
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+ const instanceTerminationExperiment: ChaosExperiment = {
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+ name: 'API Instance Termination',
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+ hypothesis,
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+ blastRadius: 10, // 10% of traffic
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+ duration: 300, // 5 minutes
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+ rollbackCondition: 'p95_latency > 500ms OR error_rate > 1%',
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+ steps: [
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+ {
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+ action: 'terminate_instance',
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+ target: 'api-service',
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+ parameters: { count: 1, random: true }
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+ },
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+ {
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+ action: 'monitor_metrics',
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+ target: 'api-service',
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+ parameters: {
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+ metrics: ['p95_latency', 'error_rate'],
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+ interval: 10
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+ }
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+ }
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+ ]
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+ };
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+ ```
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+
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+ **4. Run Experiment**
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+ ```typescript
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+ class ChaosRunner {
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+ async runExperiment(experiment: ChaosExperiment): Promise<ExperimentResult> {
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+ // 1. Verify steady state
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+ const baselineMetrics = await this.measureSteadyState(
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+ experiment.hypothesis.steadyState
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+ );
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+
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+ if (!this.isSteadyState(baselineMetrics, experiment.hypothesis.steadyState)) {
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+ throw new Error('System not in steady state');
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+ }
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+
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+ // 2. Execute chaos
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+ const chaosHandle = await this.executeChaos(experiment.steps);
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+
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+ // 3. Monitor metrics
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+ const results = await this.monitorExperiment(
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+ experiment.duration,
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+ experiment.rollbackCondition
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+ );
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+
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+ // 4. Rollback
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+ await this.rollback(chaosHandle);
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+
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+ // 5. Analyze results
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+ return this.analyzeResults(baselineMetrics, results, experiment.hypothesis);
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+ }
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+
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+ private async measureSteadyState(steadyState: SteadyState): Promise<Metrics> {
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+ // Measure current metrics
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+ return await this.metricsCollector.collect([steadyState.metric]);
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+ }
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+
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+ private isSteadyState(metrics: Metrics, steadyState: SteadyState): boolean {
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+ return metrics[steadyState.metric] <= steadyState.threshold;
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+ }
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+
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+ private async executeChaos(steps: ExperimentStep[]): Promise<ChaosHandle> {
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+ // Execute chaos actions
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+ const handles = [];
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+ for (const step of steps) {
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+ const handle = await this.chaosEngine.execute(step);
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+ handles.push(handle);
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+ }
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+ return { handles };
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+ }
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+
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+ private async monitorExperiment(
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+ duration: number,
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+ rollbackCondition: string
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+ ): Promise<ExperimentMetrics> {
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+ const startTime = Date.now();
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+ const metrics: ExperimentMetrics = { samples: [] };
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+
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+ while (Date.now() - startTime < duration * 1000) {
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+ const sample = await this.metricsCollector.collect();
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+ metrics.samples.push(sample);
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+
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+ // Check rollback condition
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+ if (this.evaluateRollbackCondition(sample, rollbackCondition)) {
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+ throw new Error('Rollback condition triggered');
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+ }
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+
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+ await this.sleep(10000); // 10 second intervals
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+ }
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+
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+ return metrics;
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+ }
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+
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+ private async rollback(chaosHandle: ChaosHandle): Promise<void> {
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+ // Rollback chaos actions
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+ for (const handle of chaosHandle.handles) {
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+ await this.chaosEngine.rollback(handle);
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+ }
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+ }
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+
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+ private analyzeResults(
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+ baseline: Metrics,
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+ experiment: ExperimentMetrics,
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+ hypothesis: ChaosHypothesis
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+ ): ExperimentResult {
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+ // Compare experiment metrics to baseline and hypothesis
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+ const steadyStateMaintained = experiment.samples.every(sample =>
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+ sample[hypothesis.steadyState.metric] <= hypothesis.steadyState.threshold
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+ );
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+
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+ return {
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+ success: steadyStateMaintained,
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+ baseline,
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+ experiment,
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+ hypothesis,
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+ findings: this.generateFindings(baseline, experiment, steadyStateMaintained)
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+ };
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+ }
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+ }
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+ ```
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+ ### Performing Architecture Reviews
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+ **Design Review Process**
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+ **1. Pre-Review Preparation**
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+ - Review architecture documentation
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+ - Identify key architectural decisions
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+ - Prepare questions and concerns
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+ - Review quality attribute requirements
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+ **2. Review Meeting**
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+ - Present architecture overview
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+ - Walk through key decisions
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+ - Discuss alternatives considered
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+ - Address reviewer questions
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+ - Document action items
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+ **3. Post-Review**
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+ - Document findings
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+ - Prioritize action items
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+ - Update architecture documentation
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+ - Schedule follow-up if needed
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+ **Architecture Review Template**
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+ ```markdown
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+ # Architecture Review: [System Name]
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+ ## Review Information
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+ - **Date**: YYYY-MM-DD
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+ - **Reviewers**: [Names]
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+ - **Architect**: [Name]
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+ - **System**: [System Name]
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+
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+ ## Architecture Overview
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+ [Brief description of the architecture]
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+ ## Key Architectural Decisions
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+ 1. **Decision**: [Description]
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+ - **Rationale**: [Why this decision was made]
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+ - **Alternatives**: [What else was considered]
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+ - **Tradeoffs**: [Pros and cons]
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+
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+ ## Quality Attributes Assessment
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+ ### Performance
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+ - **Target**: [e.g., < 200ms p95 latency]
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+ - **Approach**: [How it's achieved]
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+ - **Risks**: [Potential issues]
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+ ### Security
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+ - **Requirements**: [Security requirements]
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+ - **Approach**: [Security measures]
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+ - **Risks**: [Security concerns]
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+ ### Scalability
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+ - **Target**: [e.g., 10,000 concurrent users]
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+ - **Approach**: [Scaling strategy]
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+ - **Risks**: [Scalability concerns]
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+ ## Findings
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+ ### Strengths
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+ 1. [Positive aspect]
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+ 2. [Positive aspect]
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+ ### Risks
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+ 1. **Risk**: [Description]
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+ - **Impact**: High/Medium/Low
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+ - **Likelihood**: High/Medium/Low
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+ - **Mitigation**: [Recommended action]
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+ ### Recommendations
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+ 1. [Recommendation]
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+ 2. [Recommendation]
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+
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+ ## Action Items
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+ 1. [ ] [Action item] - Owner: [Name] - Due: [Date]
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+ 2. [ ] [Action item] - Owner: [Name] - Due: [Date]
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+ ## Follow-up
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+ - **Next Review**: [Date]
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+ - **Focus Areas**: [What to review next time]
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Implementing Fitness Functions
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+
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+ **What are Fitness Functions?**
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+ - Automated tests for architectural characteristics
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+ - Enforce architectural constraints
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+ - Run in CI/CD pipeline
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+ - Provide continuous architecture validation
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+ **Types of Fitness Functions**
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+ **1. Dependency Rules**
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+ ```typescript
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+ // ArchUnit-style test (conceptual TypeScript)
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+ import { ArchRule, classes } from 'arch-test';
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+ describe('Architecture Fitness Functions', () => {
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+ it('should enforce layered architecture', () => {
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+ const rule = classes()
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+ .that().resideInPackage('..domain..')
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+ .should().onlyDependOn(['..domain..', 'std-lib'])
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+ .because('Domain layer should not depend on infrastructure');
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+ rule.check();
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+ });
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+
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+ it('should prevent circular dependencies', () => {
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+ const rule = classes()
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+ .should().beFreeOfCycles()
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+ .because('Circular dependencies make code hard to maintain');
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+ rule.check();
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+ });
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+ it('should enforce naming conventions', () => {
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+ const rule = classes()
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+ .that().resideInPackage('..services..')
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+ .should().haveSimpleNameEndingWith('Service')
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+ .because('Services should follow naming convention');
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+ rule.check();
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+ });
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+ });
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+ ```
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+ **2. Performance Fitness Functions**
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+ ```typescript
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+ import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
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+ describe('Performance Fitness Functions', () => {
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+ it('should complete API request within 200ms', async () => {
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+ const start = performance.now();
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+ await apiClient.get('/users/123');
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+ const duration = performance.now() - start;
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+ expect(duration).toBeLessThan(200);
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+ });
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+ it('should handle 1000 concurrent requests', async () => {
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+ const requests = Array(1000).fill(null).map(() =>
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+ apiClient.get('/health')
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+ );
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+ await Promise.all(requests);
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+ const duration = performance.now() - start;
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+ // Should complete in reasonable time
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+ });
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+ });
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+ ```
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+ **3. Security Fitness Functions**
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+ ```typescript
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+ describe('Security Fitness Functions', () => {
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+ it('should not expose sensitive data in logs', () => {
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+ const logContent = fs.readFileSync('app.log', 'utf-8');
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+
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+ // Check for common sensitive patterns
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+ expect(logContent).not.toMatch(/password/i);
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+ expect(logContent).not.toMatch(/api[_-]?key/i);
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+ expect(logContent).not.toMatch(/secret/i);
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+ expect(logContent).not.toMatch(/\d{16}/); // Credit card numbers
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+ });
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+ it('should use HTTPS for all external APIs', () => {
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+ const configFiles = glob.sync('**/*.config.ts');
582
+
583
+ configFiles.forEach(file => {
584
+ const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
585
+ const httpUrls = content.match(/http:\/\/[^\s"']+/g) || [];
586
+
587
+ // Filter out localhost
588
+ const externalHttpUrls = httpUrls.filter(url =>
589
+ !url.includes('localhost') && !url.includes('127.0.0.1')
590
+ );
591
+
592
+ expect(externalHttpUrls).toHaveLength(0);
593
+ });
594
+ });
595
+ });
596
+ ```
597
+
598
+ **4. Scalability Fitness Functions**
599
+ ```typescript
600
+ describe('Scalability Fitness Functions', () => {
601
+ it('should be stateless (no in-memory session storage)', () => {
602
+ const sourceFiles = glob.sync('src/**/*.ts');
603
+
604
+ sourceFiles.forEach(file => {
605
+ const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
606
+
607
+ // Check for in-memory session patterns
608
+ expect(content).not.toMatch(/express-session.*MemoryStore/);
609
+ expect(content).not.toMatch(/const\s+sessions\s*=\s*\{/);
610
+ });
611
+ });
612
+
613
+ it('should use connection pooling for database', () => {
614
+ const dbConfig = require('../config/database');
615
+
616
+ expect(dbConfig.pool).toBeDefined();
617
+ expect(dbConfig.pool.min).toBeGreaterThan(0);
618
+ expect(dbConfig.pool.max).toBeGreaterThan(dbConfig.pool.min);
619
+ });
620
+ });
621
+ ```
622
+
623
+ **5. Maintainability Fitness Functions**
624
+ ```typescript
625
+ describe('Maintainability Fitness Functions', () => {
626
+ it('should have test coverage above 80%', () => {
627
+ const coverage = require('../coverage/coverage-summary.json');
628
+ const totalCoverage = coverage.total.lines.pct;
629
+
630
+ expect(totalCoverage).toBeGreaterThan(80);
631
+ });
632
+
633
+ it('should have no files exceeding 300 lines', () => {
634
+ const sourceFiles = glob.sync('src/**/*.ts');
635
+
636
+ sourceFiles.forEach(file => {
637
+ const lines = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8').split('\n').length;
638
+ expect(lines).toBeLessThan(300);
639
+ });
640
+ });
641
+
642
+ it('should have no functions exceeding 50 lines', () => {
643
+ // Use static analysis tool
644
+ const report = eslint.lintFiles(['src/**/*.ts']);
645
+ const complexityIssues = report.results.flatMap(r => r.messages)
646
+ .filter(m => m.ruleId === 'max-lines-per-function');
647
+
648
+ expect(complexityIssues).toHaveLength(0);
649
+ });
650
+ });
651
+ ```
652
+
653
+ ---
654
+
655
+ ## Examples
656
+
657
+ ### Example 1: Complete ATAM Evaluation
658
+
659
+ **System**: E-commerce Platform
660
+
661
+ **Business Drivers**
662
+ - Support 1M concurrent users during Black Friday
663
+ - 99.9% uptime SLA
664
+ - PCI DSS compliance for payment processing
665
+ - Global expansion to 50 countries
666
+
667
+ **Architecture Overview**
668
+ - Microservices architecture
669
+ - Event-driven communication
670
+ - Multi-region deployment
671
+ - CDN for static assets
672
+ - Kubernetes orchestration
673
+
674
+ **Quality Attribute Utility Tree**
675
+
676
+ ```
677
+ Quality Attributes
678
+ ├── Performance (H)
679
+ │ ├── API Latency (H, H)
680
+ │ │ └── Scenario: Checkout API responds in < 500ms at 10,000 req/s
681
+ │ └── Page Load Time (H, M)
682
+ │ └── Scenario: Product page loads in < 2s globally
683
+ ├── Availability (H)
684
+ │ ├── Uptime (H, H)
685
+ │ │ └── Scenario: 99.9% uptime (< 8.76 hours downtime/year)
686
+ │ └── Disaster Recovery (H, H)
687
+ │ └── Scenario: Recover from region failure in < 5 minutes
688
+ ├── Security (H)
689
+ │ ├── Payment Security (H, H)
690
+ │ │ └── Scenario: PCI DSS Level 1 compliance
691
+ │ └── Data Protection (H, M)
692
+ │ └── Scenario: GDPR compliance for EU customers
693
+ ├── Scalability (H)
694
+ │ ├── Traffic Spikes (H, H)
695
+ │ │ └── Scenario: Handle 10x traffic during Black Friday
696
+ │ └── Geographic Expansion (M, M)
697
+ │ └── Scenario: Deploy to new region in < 1 week
698
+ └── Maintainability (M)
699
+ ├── Deployment Frequency (M, M)
700
+ │ └── Scenario: Deploy 10+ times per day
701
+ └── Mean Time to Recovery (M, H)
702
+ └── Scenario: Recover from incidents in < 30 minutes
703
+ ```
704
+
705
+ **Architectural Approaches**
706
+
707
+ **1. Microservices for Scalability**
708
+ - **Decision**: Decompose into 15 microservices
709
+ - **Quality Attributes**: Scalability, Maintainability
710
+ - **Rationale**: Independent scaling, team autonomy
711
+ - **Tradeoffs**: Increased complexity, distributed system challenges
712
+
713
+ **2. Event-Driven Architecture for Decoupling**
714
+ - **Decision**: Use Kafka for inter-service communication
715
+ - **Quality Attributes**: Scalability, Availability
716
+ - **Rationale**: Asynchronous processing, loose coupling
717
+ - **Tradeoffs**: Eventual consistency, debugging complexity
718
+
719
+ **3. Multi-Region Deployment for Availability**
720
+ - **Decision**: Deploy to 3 AWS regions (US, EU, APAC)
721
+ - **Quality Attributes**: Availability, Performance
722
+ - **Rationale**: Geographic redundancy, low latency
723
+ - **Tradeoffs**: Increased cost, data consistency challenges
724
+
725
+ **4. CDN for Performance**
726
+ - **Decision**: CloudFront for static assets and API caching
727
+ - **Quality Attributes**: Performance, Scalability
728
+ - **Rationale**: Reduce latency, offload origin servers
729
+ - **Tradeoffs**: Cache invalidation complexity
730
+
731
+ **Sensitivity Points**
732
+ 1. **Kafka Cluster Size**: Critical for event throughput
733
+ 2. **Database Sharding Strategy**: Affects query performance
734
+ 3. **Cache TTL Settings**: Impacts data freshness vs. performance
735
+ 4. **Circuit Breaker Thresholds**: Affects availability vs. cascading failures
736
+
737
+ **Tradeoff Points**
738
+ 1. **Consistency vs. Availability**: Eventual consistency for better availability
739
+ 2. **Cost vs. Performance**: Multi-region deployment increases cost
740
+ 3. **Complexity vs. Scalability**: Microservices add complexity for scalability
741
+
742
+ **Risks**
743
+ 1. **High Risk**: Kafka single point of failure
744
+ - **Mitigation**: Multi-AZ Kafka cluster, replication factor 3
745
+ 2. **High Risk**: Database bottleneck during traffic spikes
746
+ - **Mitigation**: Read replicas, caching layer, connection pooling
747
+ 3. **Medium Risk**: Cross-region data consistency
748
+ - **Mitigation**: Event sourcing, CQRS pattern
749
+ 4. **Medium Risk**: Microservices debugging complexity
750
+ - **Mitigation**: Distributed tracing (Jaeger), centralized logging
751
+
752
+ **Non-Risks**
753
+ 1. CDN configuration is well-understood
754
+ 2. Kubernetes orchestration is proven at scale
755
+ 3. Payment gateway integration follows PCI DSS standards
756
+
757
+ **Recommendations**
758
+ 1. Implement chaos engineering to validate resilience
759
+ 2. Add database read replicas in each region
760
+ 3. Implement distributed tracing before production
761
+ 4. Create runbooks for common failure scenarios
762
+ 5. Conduct load testing at 2x expected Black Friday traffic
763
+
764
+ ### Example 2: Chaos Engineering Experiment
765
+
766
+ **Experiment**: Database Failover
767
+
768
+ **Hypothesis**
769
+ - **Steady State**: API error rate < 0.1%, p95 latency < 300ms
770
+ - **Experiment**: Terminate primary database instance
771
+ - **Expected Outcome**: Automatic failover to replica, error rate < 1% during failover, recovery < 30 seconds
772
+
773
+ **Experiment Configuration**
774
+ ```typescript
775
+ const databaseFailoverExperiment: ChaosExperiment = {
776
+ name: 'Database Primary Failover',
777
+ hypothesis: {
778
+ steadyState: {
779
+ metric: 'error_rate',
780
+ threshold: 0.1,
781
+ unit: 'percent'
782
+ },
783
+ experiment: 'Terminate primary database instance',
784
+ expectedOutcome: 'Automatic failover with < 1% error rate, < 30s recovery'
785
+ },
786
+ blastRadius: 100, // Full production traffic
787
+ duration: 600, // 10 minutes
788
+ rollbackCondition: 'error_rate > 5% OR p95_latency > 2000ms',
789
+ steps: [
790
+ {
791
+ action: 'terminate_instance',
792
+ target: 'database-primary',
793
+ parameters: {
794
+ instanceId: 'db-primary-1',
795
+ graceful: false
796
+ }
797
+ },
798
+ {
799
+ action: 'monitor_metrics',
800
+ target: 'api-service',
801
+ parameters: {
802
+ metrics: ['error_rate', 'p95_latency', 'database_connections'],
803
+ interval: 5
804
+ }
805
+ },
806
+ {
807
+ action: 'monitor_failover',
808
+ target: 'database-cluster',
809
+ parameters: {
810
+ checkInterval: 1,
811
+ maxFailoverTime: 30
812
+ }
813
+ }
814
+ ]
815
+ };
816
+ ```
817
+
818
+ **Execution**
819
+ ```bash
820
+ # Run chaos experiment
821
+ chaos-toolkit run database-failover.yaml
822
+
823
+ # Monitor metrics
824
+ watch -n 1 'curl -s http://metrics-api/current | jq .'
825
+ ```
826
+
827
+ **Results**
828
+ ```
829
+ Baseline Metrics (5 minutes before experiment):
830
+ - Error Rate: 0.05%
831
+ - P95 Latency: 245ms
832
+ - Database Connections: 150
833
+
834
+ Experiment Metrics:
835
+ T+0s: Terminate primary database instance
836
+ T+2s: Error rate spikes to 15% (connection errors)
837
+ T+8s: Replica promoted to primary
838
+ T+10s: Connection pool reconnects to new primary
839
+ T+12s: Error rate drops to 2%
840
+ T+30s: Error rate returns to 0.1%
841
+ T+35s: P95 latency returns to 250ms
842
+
843
+ Recovery Time: 30 seconds
844
+ Peak Error Rate: 15%
845
+ Total Failed Requests: ~450 (out of 30,000)
846
+ ```
847
+
848
+ **Findings**
849
+ 1. ✅ Automatic failover worked as expected
850
+ 2. ❌ Error rate exceeded 1% target during failover (15% peak)
851
+ 3. ✅ Recovery time met 30-second target
852
+ 4. ❌ Connection pool took 10 seconds to reconnect (too slow)
853
+
854
+ **Action Items**
855
+ 1. Reduce connection pool reconnect timeout from 10s to 2s
856
+ 2. Implement retry logic with exponential backoff
857
+ 3. Add circuit breaker to fail fast during failover
858
+ 4. Pre-warm connection pool to replica instances
859
+ 5. Re-run experiment after improvements
860
+
861
+ ### Example 3: Architecture Fitness Functions Suite
862
+
863
+ **Complete Fitness Function Suite**
864
+
865
+ ```typescript
866
+ // tests/architecture/fitness-functions.test.ts
867
+
868
+ import { describe, it, expect } from '@jest/globals';
869
+ import { ArchRule, classes, packages } from 'ts-arch';
870
+ import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
871
+ import * as fs from 'fs';
872
+ import * as glob from 'glob';
873
+
874
+ describe('Architecture Fitness Functions', () => {
875
+
876
+ // ===== STRUCTURAL FITNESS FUNCTIONS =====
877
+
878
+ describe('Layered Architecture', () => {
879
+ it('domain layer should not depend on infrastructure', () => {
880
+ const rule = classes()
881
+ .that().resideInPackage('..domain..')
882
+ .should().onlyDependOn(['..domain..', 'std-lib'])
883
+ .because('Domain layer must be independent');
884
+
885
+ rule.check();
886
+ });
887
+
888
+ it('application layer should not depend on infrastructure', () => {
889
+ const rule = classes()
890
+ .that().resideInPackage('..application..')
891
+ .should().onlyDependOn(['..domain..', '..application..', 'std-lib'])
892
+ .because('Application layer should not know about infrastructure');
893
+
894
+ rule.check();
895
+ });
896
+
897
+ it('infrastructure layer can depend on all layers', () => {
898
+ const rule = classes()
899
+ .that().resideInPackage('..infrastructure..')
900
+ .should().dependOn(['..domain..', '..application..'])
901
+ .because('Infrastructure implements interfaces from other layers');
902
+
903
+ rule.check();
904
+ });
905
+ });
906
+
907
+ describe('Dependency Rules', () => {
908
+ it('should have no circular dependencies', () => {
909
+ const rule = packages()
910
+ .should().beFreeOfCycles()
911
+ .because('Circular dependencies create tight coupling');
912
+
913
+ rule.check();
914
+ });
915
+
916
+ it('controllers should not directly access repositories', () => {
917
+ const rule = classes()
918
+ .that().resideInPackage('..controllers..')
919
+ .should().notDependOn(['..repositories..'])
920
+ .because('Controllers should use services, not repositories directly');
921
+
922
+ rule.check();
923
+ });
924
+ });
925
+
926
+ describe('Naming Conventions', () => {
927
+ it('services should end with Service', () => {
928
+ const rule = classes()
929
+ .that().resideInPackage('..services..')
930
+ .should().haveSimpleNameEndingWith('Service');
931
+
932
+ rule.check();
933
+ });
934
+
935
+ it('repositories should end with Repository', () => {
936
+ const rule = classes()
937
+ .that().resideInPackage('..repositories..')
938
+ .should().haveSimpleNameEndingWith('Repository');
939
+
940
+ rule.check();
941
+ });
942
+ });
943
+
944
+ // ===== PERFORMANCE FITNESS FUNCTIONS =====
945
+
946
+ describe('Performance', () => {
947
+ it('API endpoints should respond within 200ms', async () => {
948
+ const endpoints = ['/users', '/products', '/orders'];
949
+
950
+ for (const endpoint of endpoints) {
951
+ const start = performance.now();
952
+ await fetch(`http://localhost:3000${endpoint}`);
953
+ const duration = performance.now() - start;
954
+
955
+ expect(duration).toBeLessThan(200);
956
+ }
957
+ });
958
+
959
+ it('should handle 1000 concurrent requests', async () => {
960
+ const requests = Array(1000).fill(null).map(() =>
961
+ fetch('http://localhost:3000/health')
962
+ );
963
+
964
+ const start = performance.now();
965
+ const responses = await Promise.all(requests);
966
+ const duration = performance.now() - start;
967
+
968
+ expect(responses.every(r => r.ok)).toBe(true);
969
+ expect(duration).toBeLessThan(5000);
970
+ });
971
+
972
+ it('database queries should use indexes', () => {
973
+ const migrations = glob.sync('migrations/**/*.sql');
974
+
975
+ migrations.forEach(file => {
976
+ const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
977
+ const createTableStatements = content.match(/CREATE TABLE/gi) || [];
978
+ const createIndexStatements = content.match(/CREATE INDEX/gi) || [];
979
+
980
+ // Should have at least one index per table
981
+ expect(createIndexStatements.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(
982
+ createTableStatements.length
983
+ );
984
+ });
985
+ });
986
+ });
987
+
988
+ // ===== SECURITY FITNESS FUNCTIONS =====
989
+
990
+ describe('Security', () => {
991
+ it('should not expose sensitive data in logs', () => {
992
+ const logFiles = glob.sync('logs/**/*.log');
993
+
994
+ logFiles.forEach(file => {
995
+ const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
996
+
997
+ expect(content).not.toMatch(/password/i);
998
+ expect(content).not.toMatch(/api[_-]?key/i);
999
+ expect(content).not.toMatch(/secret/i);
1000
+ expect(content).not.toMatch(/\d{16}/); // Credit cards
1001
+ expect(content).not.toMatch(/\d{3}-\d{2}-\d{4}/); // SSN
1002
+ });
1003
+ });
1004
+
1005
+ it('should use HTTPS for all external APIs', () => {
1006
+ const configFiles = glob.sync('src/**/*.config.ts');
1007
+
1008
+ configFiles.forEach(file => {
1009
+ const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
1010
+ const httpUrls = content.match(/http:\/\/[^\s"']+/g) || [];
1011
+ const externalHttpUrls = httpUrls.filter(url =>
1012
+ !url.includes('localhost') && !url.includes('127.0.0.1')
1013
+ );
1014
+
1015
+ expect(externalHttpUrls).toHaveLength(0);
1016
+ });
1017
+ });
1018
+
1019
+ it('should validate all user inputs', () => {
1020
+ const controllerFiles = glob.sync('src/controllers/**/*.ts');
1021
+
1022
+ controllerFiles.forEach(file => {
1023
+ const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
1024
+
1025
+ // Check for validation decorators or middleware
1026
+ if (content.includes('req.body') || content.includes('req.query')) {
1027
+ expect(
1028
+ content.includes('@Validate') ||
1029
+ content.includes('validate(') ||
1030
+ content.includes('validateRequest')
1031
+ ).toBe(true);
1032
+ }
1033
+ });
1034
+ });
1035
+
1036
+ it('should use parameterized queries', () => {
1037
+ const repositoryFiles = glob.sync('src/repositories/**/*.ts');
1038
+
1039
+ repositoryFiles.forEach(file => {
1040
+ const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
1041
+
1042
+ // Check for SQL injection vulnerabilities
1043
+ const rawQueries = content.match(/query\([`'"].*\$\{/g) || [];
1044
+ expect(rawQueries).toHaveLength(0);
1045
+ });
1046
+ });
1047
+ });
1048
+
1049
+ // ===== SCALABILITY FITNESS FUNCTIONS =====
1050
+
1051
+ describe('Scalability', () => {
1052
+ it('should be stateless (no in-memory sessions)', () => {
1053
+ const sourceFiles = glob.sync('src/**/*.ts');
1054
+
1055
+ sourceFiles.forEach(file => {
1056
+ const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
1057
+
1058
+ expect(content).not.toMatch(/express-session.*MemoryStore/);
1059
+ expect(content).not.toMatch(/const\s+sessions\s*=\s*\{/);
1060
+ });
1061
+ });
1062
+
1063
+ it('should use connection pooling', () => {
1064
+ const dbConfig = require('../../src/config/database');
1065
+
1066
+ expect(dbConfig.pool).toBeDefined();
1067
+ expect(dbConfig.pool.min).toBeGreaterThan(0);
1068
+ expect(dbConfig.pool.max).toBeGreaterThan(dbConfig.pool.min);
1069
+ });
1070
+
1071
+ it('should implement caching for expensive operations', () => {
1072
+ const serviceFiles = glob.sync('src/services/**/*.ts');
1073
+
1074
+ let hasCaching = false;
1075
+ serviceFiles.forEach(file => {
1076
+ const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
1077
+ if (content.includes('@Cache') || content.includes('cache.get')) {
1078
+ hasCaching = true;
1079
+ }
1080
+ });
1081
+
1082
+ expect(hasCaching).toBe(true);
1083
+ });
1084
+ });
1085
+
1086
+ // ===== MAINTAINABILITY FITNESS FUNCTIONS =====
1087
+
1088
+ describe('Maintainability', () => {
1089
+ it('should have test coverage above 80%', () => {
1090
+ const coverage = require('../../coverage/coverage-summary.json');
1091
+ expect(coverage.total.lines.pct).toBeGreaterThan(80);
1092
+ });
1093
+
1094
+ it('should have no files exceeding 300 lines', () => {
1095
+ const sourceFiles = glob.sync('src/**/*.ts');
1096
+
1097
+ sourceFiles.forEach(file => {
1098
+ const lines = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8').split('\n').length;
1099
+ expect(lines).toBeLessThan(300);
1100
+ });
1101
+ });
1102
+
1103
+ it('should have no functions exceeding 50 lines', () => {
1104
+ const sourceFiles = glob.sync('src/**/*.ts');
1105
+
1106
+ sourceFiles.forEach(file => {
1107
+ const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
1108
+ const functions = content.match(/function\s+\w+\s*\([^)]*\)\s*\{/g) || [];
1109
+
1110
+ functions.forEach(func => {
1111
+ const funcStart = content.indexOf(func);
1112
+ const funcBody = content.substring(funcStart);
1113
+ const funcEnd = this.findMatchingBrace(funcBody);
1114
+ const funcLines = funcBody.substring(0, funcEnd).split('\n').length;
1115
+
1116
+ expect(funcLines).toBeLessThan(50);
1117
+ });
1118
+ });
1119
+ });
1120
+
1121
+ it('should have no TODO comments older than 30 days', () => {
1122
+ const sourceFiles = glob.sync('src/**/*.ts');
1123
+ const thirtyDaysAgo = Date.now() - (30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
1124
+
1125
+ sourceFiles.forEach(file => {
1126
+ const stats = fs.statSync(file);
1127
+ const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
1128
+ const todos = content.match(/\/\/\s*TODO/gi) || [];
1129
+
1130
+ if (todos.length > 0 && stats.mtimeMs < thirtyDaysAgo) {
1131
+ throw new Error(`File ${file} has TODO comments older than 30 days`);
1132
+ }
1133
+ });
1134
+ });
1135
+ });
1136
+
1137
+ // ===== RELIABILITY FITNESS FUNCTIONS =====
1138
+
1139
+ describe('Reliability', () => {
1140
+ it('should implement circuit breakers for external services', () => {
1141
+ const serviceFiles = glob.sync('src/services/**/*Client.ts');
1142
+
1143
+ serviceFiles.forEach(file => {
1144
+ const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
1145
+
1146
+ expect(
1147
+ content.includes('CircuitBreaker') ||
1148
+ content.includes('@CircuitBreaker') ||
1149
+ content.includes('breaker.')
1150
+ ).toBe(true);
1151
+ });
1152
+ });
1153
+
1154
+ it('should implement retry logic for transient failures', () => {
1155
+ const serviceFiles = glob.sync('src/services/**/*Client.ts');
1156
+
1157
+ serviceFiles.forEach(file => {
1158
+ const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
1159
+
1160
+ expect(
1161
+ content.includes('retry(') ||
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+ content.includes('@Retry') ||
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+ content.includes('retryPolicy')
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+ ).toBe(true);
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+ });
1166
+ });
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+
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+ it('should have health check endpoints', async () => {
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+ const response = await fetch('http://localhost:3000/health');
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+ expect(response.ok).toBe(true);
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+
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+ const health = await response.json();
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+ expect(health.status).toBe('healthy');
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+ expect(health.checks).toBeDefined();
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+ });
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+ });
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+ });
1178
+ ```
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+
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+ **Running Fitness Functions in CI/CD**
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+
1182
+ ```yaml
1183
+ # .github/workflows/architecture-tests.yml
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+ name: Architecture Fitness Functions
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+
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+ on: [push, pull_request]
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+
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+ jobs:
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+ architecture-tests:
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+ runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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+
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+ steps:
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+ - uses: actions/checkout@v3
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+
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+ - name: Setup Node.js
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+ uses: actions/setup-node@v3
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+ with:
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+ node-version: '18'
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+
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+ - name: Install dependencies
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+ run: npm ci
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+
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+ - name: Run fitness functions
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+ run: npm run test:architecture
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+
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+ - name: Upload results
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+ if: failure()
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+ uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
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+ with:
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+ name: architecture-test-results
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+ path: test-results/
1212
+ ```
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+
1214
+ ---
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+
1216
+ ## Understanding
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+
1218
+ ### When to Use Each Evaluation Method
1219
+
1220
+ **ATAM**
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+ - **Use When**: Evaluating major architectural decisions
1222
+ - **Best For**: New systems, major refactoring, architecture reviews
1223
+ - **Timing**: Before implementation, during design phase
1224
+ - **Effort**: High (2-3 days with stakeholders)
1225
+ - **Output**: Comprehensive risk assessment, tradeoff analysis
1226
+
1227
+ **Chaos Engineering**
1228
+ - **Use When**: Validating system resilience
1229
+ - **Best For**: Distributed systems, microservices, cloud-native apps
1230
+ - **Timing**: After initial deployment, continuously
1231
+ - **Effort**: Medium (setup experiments, monitor results)
1232
+ - **Output**: Confidence in system reliability, failure scenarios
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+
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+ **Architecture Reviews**
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+ - **Use When**: Regular validation of architecture
1236
+ - **Best For**: Ongoing projects, architecture governance
1237
+ - **Timing**: Quarterly, before major releases
1238
+ - **Effort**: Low to Medium (few hours to 1 day)
1239
+ - **Output**: Findings, recommendations, action items
1240
+
1241
+ **Fitness Functions**
1242
+ - **Use When**: Continuous architecture validation
1243
+ - **Best For**: All projects with CI/CD
1244
+ - **Timing**: Every commit, every build
1245
+ - **Effort**: Low (automated)
1246
+ - **Output**: Pass/fail on architectural constraints
1247
+
1248
+ ### Best Practices
1249
+
1250
+ **ATAM Best Practices**
1251
+ 1. Involve diverse stakeholders (business, dev, ops)
1252
+ 2. Focus on quality attributes, not just functionality
1253
+ 3. Document all decisions and rationale
1254
+ 4. Prioritize scenarios by business value
1255
+ 5. Follow up on identified risks
1256
+ 6. Update architecture documentation based on findings
1257
+
1258
+ **Chaos Engineering Best Practices**
1259
+ 1. Start small, increase blast radius gradually
1260
+ 2. Always have a rollback plan
1261
+ 3. Run experiments during business hours (with monitoring)
1262
+ 4. Automate experiments for continuous validation
1263
+ 5. Document all experiments and results
1264
+ 6. Share learnings across teams
1265
+ 7. Build a culture of resilience
1266
+
1267
+ **Architecture Review Best Practices**
1268
+ 1. Prepare documentation in advance
1269
+ 2. Focus on key decisions, not every detail
1270
+ 3. Encourage constructive criticism
1271
+ 4. Document findings and action items
1272
+ 5. Follow up on recommendations
1273
+ 6. Make reviews regular, not one-time events
1274
+
1275
+ **Fitness Function Best Practices**
1276
+ 1. Start with critical constraints
1277
+ 2. Make tests fast and reliable
1278
+ 3. Run in CI/CD pipeline
1279
+ 4. Fail the build on violations
1280
+ 5. Keep tests maintainable
1281
+ 6. Document the architectural intent
1282
+ 7. Review and update regularly
1283
+
1284
+ ### Common Pitfalls
1285
+
1286
+ **ATAM Pitfalls**
1287
+ - ❌ Not involving right stakeholders
1288
+ - ❌ Focusing only on technical aspects
1289
+ - ❌ Ignoring business drivers
1290
+ - ❌ Not following up on risks
1291
+ - ❌ Making it a one-time event
1292
+
1293
+ **Chaos Engineering Pitfalls**
1294
+ - ❌ Running experiments without monitoring
1295
+ - ❌ No rollback plan
1296
+ - ❌ Starting with too large blast radius
1297
+ - ❌ Not documenting experiments
1298
+ - ❌ Blaming teams for failures found
1299
+
1300
+ **Architecture Review Pitfalls**
1301
+ - ❌ Rubber-stamp reviews
1302
+ - ❌ Focusing on code style, not architecture
1303
+ - ❌ Not documenting findings
1304
+ - ❌ No follow-up on action items
1305
+ - ❌ Making it adversarial, not collaborative
1306
+
1307
+ **Fitness Function Pitfalls**
1308
+ - ❌ Tests that are too slow
1309
+ - ❌ Flaky tests that fail randomly
1310
+ - ❌ Testing implementation, not architecture
1311
+ - ❌ Too many tests (maintenance burden)
1312
+ - ❌ Not updating tests as architecture evolves
1313
+
1314
+ ### Integration with Development Process
1315
+
1316
+ **Architecture Evaluation Lifecycle**
1317
+
1318
+ ```
1319
+ Design Phase
1320
+ ├── ATAM Evaluation
1321
+ │ ├── Identify quality attributes
1322
+ │ ├── Evaluate architectural approaches
1323
+ │ └── Document risks and tradeoffs
1324
+
1325
+ Implementation Phase
1326
+ ├── Fitness Functions
1327
+ │ ├── Enforce architectural constraints
1328
+ │ ├── Run on every commit
1329
+ │ └── Fail build on violations
1330
+
1331
+ ├── Architecture Reviews
1332
+ │ ├── Weekly/bi-weekly reviews
1333
+ │ ├── Validate implementation matches design
1334
+ │ └── Identify deviations early
1335
+
1336
+ Deployment Phase
1337
+ ├── Performance Testing
1338
+ │ ├── Load testing
1339
+ │ ├── Stress testing
1340
+ │ └── Validate quality attributes
1341
+
1342
+ Production Phase
1343
+ ├── Chaos Engineering
1344
+ │ ├── Validate resilience
1345
+ │ ├── Test failure scenarios
1346
+ │ └── Build confidence
1347
+
1348
+ ├── Periodic Reviews
1349
+ │ ├── Quarterly architecture reviews
1350
+ │ ├── Assess technical debt
1351
+ │ └── Plan improvements
1352
+ ```
1353
+
1354
+ ---
1355
+
1356
+ ## References
1357
+
1358
+ ### Standards and Frameworks
1359
+ - **ISO/IEC 42010** - Architecture description standard
1360
+ - **SEI ATAM** - Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method
1361
+ - **Principles of Chaos Engineering** - Netflix chaos engineering principles
1362
+
1363
+ ### Books
1364
+ - **"Software Architecture in Practice"** by Bass, Clements, Kazman (ATAM)
1365
+ - **"Release It!"** by Michael Nygard (Resilience patterns)
1366
+ - **"Chaos Engineering"** by Casey Rosenthal, Nora Jones
1367
+ - **"Building Evolutionary Architectures"** by Ford, Parsons, Kua (Fitness functions)
1368
+
1369
+ ### Tools
1370
+ - **ATAM**: SEI ATAM method, architecture evaluation templates
1371
+ - **Chaos Engineering**: Chaos Monkey, Chaos Toolkit, Gremlin, Litmus
1372
+ - **Fitness Functions**: ArchUnit, NDepend, SonarQube, custom tests
1373
+ - **Performance Testing**: JMeter, Gatling, k6, Locust
1374
+ - **Monitoring**: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic
1375
+
1376
+ ### Online Resources
1377
+ - **SEI ATAM Resources**: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/our-work/atam/
1378
+ - **Principles of Chaos Engineering**: https://principlesofchaos.org/
1379
+ - **Netflix Tech Blog**: https://netflixtechblog.com/ (Chaos engineering)
1380
+ - **Thoughtworks Technology Radar**: Architecture testing practices
1381
+