Udemy — How to Design Software Architecture That Fits Business Needs 2026-3

Description

This software-architecture course starts with the business reasons behind a system: its goals, constraints, risks and competing priorities. It translates those inputs into architectural scenarios and quality requirements, then compares design choices in terms of scalability, security, maintainability, performance and cost.

The design work includes decomposing a system into domains, bounded contexts, components and interfaces. C4 diagrams and architecture decision records provide lightweight ways to explain the result. Feedback, trade-off analysis and review techniques are used to revisit decisions as the business context changes, with communication to both engineers and stakeholders treated as part of the architect's work.

Intended audience: Developers moving toward architecture, experienced engineers and technical leaders.

What you will learn

• Turn business drivers and constraints into architecture inputs.
• Compare architectural styles against quality requirements.
• Define domain boundaries, components and interfaces.
• Document and review decisions with C4 diagrams and ADRs.

Course specifications

Publisher

Udemy

Instructors

Ilya Hardzeenka, Software Architecture Guild

Language

English

Level

Beginner to Advanced

Duration

10 hours

Lecture count

125

Quality

720p

Edition

2026-3

Course topics

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Prerequisites

• A basic understanding of software systems is helpful; prior architect experience is not required.

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Size

3 GB

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