System Design Fundamentals
Learn a structured, volatility-based approach to system design that avoids common architectural pitfalls, using layers, taxonomies, validation, and composition to future‑proof software systems and make them easier to develop and maintain.
What you'll learn
- Understand why functional decomposition leads to fragile architectures and how to avoid it
- Apply volatility-based decomposition to identify robust services and system components
- Use layers, taxonomies, and call-chain diagrams to structure and validate architectures
- Design composable, maintainable systems that are easier to evolve and support over time
Skills you'll gain
- Learn to identify and overcome the real hurdles architects face
- Discover a structured approach for defining the components of architecture
- Future proof your system and make it easier to develop and maintain
- Gain skills in software architecture, systems architecture, and solution architecture
- Apply concepts of verification and validation, service-oriented architecture, and systems analysis
- Design for enterprise architecture, maintainability, and systems design
Prerequisites
- • Software design experience
- • Software development experience
Who this course is for
- → Software developers looking to deepen their system and software architecture skills
- → Engineers or architects responsible for designing or evolving complex software systems
- → Technical leads seeking structured methods for system decomposition and design
Provider
Coursera
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