Overview
Use this skill to make architecture choices explicit, comparable, and auditable instead of preference-driven.
Scope Boundaries
- There are several plausible architecture options.
- Decision stakes are high and reversal is expensive.
- Teams need a shared basis for selecting one option.
Core Judgments
- Option quality: whether candidates are realistic for the current context.
- Criteria set: business and technical dimensions that actually drive success.
- Weighting model: which criteria dominate and why.
- Sensitivity: how decision changes when assumptions shift.
Practitioner Heuristics
- Keep criteria small and high-impact; too many criteria hide real priorities.
- Separate hard constraints from weighted preferences.
- Include operational burden and team capability as first-class criteria.