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An architecture decision record (ADR) documents key design choices and their trade-offs during system design. You need ADRs when defining component boundaries, evaluating architecture styles, or planning non-functional requirements to ensure robust, well-documented decisions.

Scalability planning analyzes non-functional requirements to offer strategies for horizontal scaling, sharding, and caching. It evaluates your system design constraints to determine the appropriate infrastructure topology and component boundaries needed for robust architecture.

Creating a C4 model diagram defines component boundaries and infrastructure topology within your system architecture. It supports component boundary definition by mapping functional requirements analysis into a visual structure for robust system development.

Yes, trade-off analysis is supported directly within architecture style evaluation. It facilitates the assessment of various architectural styles against your non-functional requirements, ensuring the selected system design balances component boundaries and infrastructure topology effectively.

The best way to document risk assessment is combining C4 model diagramming with architecture decision records. This evaluates infrastructure topology and component boundaries, capturing trade-offs and non-functional requirements planning to mitigate risks in robust system development.

Defining component boundaries before scalability planning ensures your architecture style evaluation aligns with non-functional requirements. Clear boundaries establish the infrastructure topology needed to effectively apply horizontal scaling, sharding, and caching strategies without creating systemic bottlenecks.