Rescuer Fixes
Critical problems are repeatedly solved by individuals instead of by resilient team and system capability.
Shifting the Burden
Teams repeatedly relieve symptoms in the short term and gradually lose the motivation and capability to address the structural architecture problem.
Root Definition Analysis
An SSM tool for turning extremely vague IT project mission statements into measurable, precise transformation statements.
Systems Clues in Everyday Language
A forensic tool for analyzing stock phrases, excuses, and us-versus-them language in IT meetings in order to uncover hidden architectural sins.
Capability Building over Fixes
A strict architectural ban on local quick fixes and self-service, with all energy redirected toward giving the system the fundamental ability to repair itself.
Decision Log Tooling
The immunological memory of software architecture. A machine-readable record of WHY we chose the pain we are still living with three years later.
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