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Mutual dependencies between systems, components, or teams that influence architectural and organizational decisions.
Interdependence denotes mutual dependencies between system components, teams, or domains. The concept helps analyse risks, coordination overhead and coupling to enable deliberate design decisions. It is essential for architecture and organizational choices to balance robustness, autonomy and scalability. It supports technical and organizational measures to reduce adverse effects.
Counts interfaces to other components or teams, indicator of coupling degree.
Measures time to recovery for incidents, influenced by interdependencies.
Effort in person-days for coordination between teams during a release.
Examined service couplings led to targeted decoupling measures and clearer team boundaries.
Dependencies between ETL steps became visible, improving failover and monitoring.
Cross-domain coordination reduced downtime through aligned release windows.
Inventory and visualize dependencies.
Identify critical paths and owners.
Plan decoupling and governance measures.
Implement measures iteratively and measure effectiveness.