Failure and Resilience View Template
Explicitly modelling failure scenarios and the architectural mechanisms that contain, recover from, and prevent them
The Failure and Resilience View template provides a structured approach to explicitly modelling failure scenarios and the architectural mechanisms that contain, recover from, and prevent them.
Template Sections
This template includes 7 sections.
Resilience Strategy
Describe the overall resilience philosophy, the failure modes the architecture is designed to handle, and the...
Resilience Architecture Diagram
Diagram section
Primary Resilience Pattern
Document the most important resilience pattern used (e.g., circuit breaker): how it works, where it is applied,...
Secondary Resilience Pattern
Document the second most important resilience pattern (e.g., bulkhead isolation)
Critical Component Failure
Document what happens when the most critical component fails: detection time, automatic recovery, blast radius, and...
Cascading Failure
Document how a failure in one component could cascade through the system and how the architecture prevents or contains...
Resilience Gaps
Document failure scenarios that are not yet adequately handled, including their likelihood and the cost of addressing...
Section Details
Block Types Used
| Section | Block Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Resilience Strategy | Rich Text | Describe the overall resilience philosophy, the failure modes the architecture... |
| Resilience Architecture Diagram | Diagram | Diagram section |
| Primary Resilience Pattern | Architecture Pattern | Document the most important resilience pattern used (e.g., circuit breaker):... |
| Secondary Resilience Pattern | Architecture Pattern | Document the second most important resilience pattern (e.g., bulkhead isolation) |
| Critical Component Failure | Failure Scenario | Document what happens when the most critical component fails: detection time,... |
| Cascading Failure | Failure Scenario | Document how a failure in one component could cascade through the system and... |
| Resilience Gaps | Risk | Document failure scenarios that are not yet adequately handled, including their... |
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