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🧭 Architecture Audit & Landscape

What is it?​

Architecture audit is a way to see your system "from the outside." I help teams and companies realize their current state:

  • where the bottlenecks are,
  • which components are duplicated,
  • what hinders development,
  • where the architecture needs attention.

When do you need it?​

  • The team is struggling to develop the product
  • There is architectural debt, but it's unclear where to start addressing it
  • The system grew chaotically, and no one sees the big picture
  • Scaling is planned, but it's unclear if the architecture can handle it
  • Management needs a simple and clear view of the architecture

What I do​

  • Interview key participants: developers, architects, product owners
  • Analyze current infrastructure, codebase, and practices
  • Build a C4 model: from components to contexts and aspects
  • Identify architectural debt and risks
  • Find duplication zones, outdated links, and implicit dependencies
  • Prepare an architecture map and recommendations for development

What you get​

  • Architecture landscape in a tool convenient for the client
    • Confluence, YouTrack, DocHub, Wiki, markdown repository
  • List of problem areas and debt
  • Recommendations for architecture improvement
  • Ability to discuss architecture with the team and management in a common language
  • Foundation for architectural decision-making

Work format​

  • from 2 weeks — for small and medium products
  • Online/offline meetings, documentation, visualization
  • At the end — report and joint session to discuss results

For whom​

  • For teams that have
    • many microservices and it's unclear how they're connected
    • a monolithic system
  • For architects who inherited a complex system and want to understand it
  • For managers who need to see the weak points and how to address them
  • For companies preparing for growth or scaling

Result​

✅ You will have:

  • A clear architectural model (diagrams, descriptions, hyperlinks)
  • A report with findings and priorities
  • An action plan

You will finally understand: where you are, what is holding you back, and what to do about it.