Architecture Repository

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What is system architecture?
System architecture is the translation of strategy into technology.


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About
This page and its subpages began with the System Architecture Team at the Wikimedia Foundation. The goals of the team and repository were:


 * Mature the architecture practice at WMFEstablish and improve architectural practice throughout the Wikimedia Foundation by providing modeling support, educational workshops, and process design.


 * Evolve the Wikimedia system architecturePlan and design for the future of Wikimedia systems. Bring architectural thinking into the strategy development process, noting potential architectural consequences of strategic initiatives and pointing out strategic opportunities related to architectural choices.

While the Systems Architecture team has been dissolved, the purpose and value of this repository remain valid as a source of analyses, conversations and learnings about systemic thinking, sociotechnical tradeoffs, tools and workshops for analyzing strategic approaches, and analyses and discussions about the evolution of our technical systems.