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Engineering Practice/Systems & practice

Design Practice

2 micro-topics in Engineering Practice, each with the evidence that proves you have it and the written reason behind every link. Before you start, it rests on 1 other domain. Downstream, it holds up 1 domain.

2 topics  ·  depth 0–1 of 16  ·  1 internal link  ·  1 in  ·  1 out

Before you start

Load-bearing links first. Each one says what in this domain rests on what outside it, and why.

Requirements

1 link

supporting

Diagram a system before building it rests on Write user stories with acceptance criteria

A diagram is easier to draw once the requirement is stated.

What you will be able to do

In prerequisite order. Each idea names the artifact that closes it, the market demand that put it on the map, and what it stands on.

Depth 0  ·  representational  ·  scaffolded  ·  M07 §7.2

Diagram a system before building it

Draws components and their interactions

Evidence
Produces a diagram a reviewer can critique
Market anchor
System design
Rests on
supporting

Write user stories with acceptance criteria · Requirements

A diagram is easier to draw once the requirement is stated.

Depth 1  ·  representational  ·  scaffolded  ·  M07 §7.2

Write an architecture decision record

Captures context, decision and consequences

Evidence
Records a real decision with its rejected alternatives
Market anchor
Technical documentation
Rests on
load-bearing

Diagram a system before building it

A decision record documents a choice made during design.

What rests on this domain

Everything downstream that names an idea here as a prerequisite, grouped by where it lives.

Career

1 link

load-bearing

Handle a system design interview rests on Diagram a system before building it

A design interview asks you to do this aloud.

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Free · Remote · 17 weeks · EIN 86-2122804