Know where the money (the value) in your system is (comes from). Monitor business metrics in order to add visibility into this.

Value stream mapping is one of the Types of system views.

Practices:

• ‣ (calculate Engineering Risk Exposure)

Related:

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See also:

• Connect the architecture with high-level objectives
• Always work on the highest-leverage things
• Focus on the top 20% systems bringing the most business value
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References

https://martinfowler.com/articles/value-architectural-attribute.html … know what the value of their systems were, or how different components contributed to the broader business performance. We find this to be a common gap in thinking, when we do these assessments we usually ask to talk to the relevant people from the finance department. That's usually greeted by "why would you want to talk to them?"

‣ Ask: Whose is the benefit?