The C4 model for visualising software architecture
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The C4 model for visualising software architecture

About the Book

This book focusses on the visual communication of software architecture, based upon a collection of ideas and techniques that thousands of people across the world have found useful - the C4 model for visualising software architecture.

About the Author

Simon Brown
Simon Brown

Simon is an independent software development consultant specializing in software architecture; specifically technical leadership, communication, and lightweight, pragmatic approaches to software architecture. Simon is the author of "Software Architecture for Developers", a developer-friendly guide to software architecture, technical leadership, the balance with agility and communicating software architecture with sketches, diagrams, and models. He is also the creator of the C4 model and the founder of Structurizr, a collection of tooling to help teams visualise, document and explore their software architecture.

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Table of Contents

  • 1. About the book
  • 2. About the author
  • 3. We have a failure to communicate
    • 3.1 What happened to SSADM, RUP, UML, etc?
    • 3.2 A lightweight approach
    • 3.3 Draw one or more diagrams
    • 3.4 Where do we start?
    • 3.5 Some examples
    • 3.6 Common problems
    • 3.7 The hidden assumptions of diagrams
  • 4. A shared vocabulary
    • 4.1 Common abstractions over a common notation
    • 4.2 Static structure
    • 4.3 Components vs code?
    • 4.4 Modules and subsystems?
    • 4.5 Microservices?
    • 4.6 Serverless?
    • 4.7 Platforms, frameworks and libraries?
    • 4.8 Create your own shared vocabulary
  • 5. The C4 model
    • 5.1 Hierarchical maps of your code
  • 6. Level 1: System Context diagram
    • 6.1 Intent
    • 6.2 Structure
    • 6.3 Elements
    • 6.4 Interactions
    • 6.5 Motivation
    • 6.6 Audience
    • 6.7 Required or optional?
  • 7. Level 2: Container diagram
    • 7.1 Intent
    • 7.2 Structure
    • 7.3 Elements
    • 7.4 Interactions
    • 7.5 Motivation
    • 7.6 Audience
    • 7.7 Required or optional?
  • 8. Level 3: Component diagram
    • 8.1 Intent
    • 8.2 Structure
    • 8.3 Elements
    • 8.4 Interactions
    • 8.5 Motivation
    • 8.6 Audience
    • 8.7 Required or optional?
  • 9. Level 4: Code-level diagrams
    • 9.1 Intent
    • 9.2 Structure
    • 9.3 Motivation
    • 9.4 Audience
    • 9.5 Required or optional?
  • 10. Notation
    • 10.1 Titles
    • 10.2 Keys and legends
    • 10.3 Elements
    • 10.4 Lines
    • 10.5 Layout
    • 10.6 Orientation
    • 10.7 Acronyms
    • 10.8 Quality attributes
    • 10.9 Diagram scope
    • 10.10 Listen for questions
  • 11. Diagrams must reflect reality
    • 11.1 The model-code gap
    • 11.2 Technology details on diagrams
    • 11.3 Would you code it that way?
  • 12. Deployment diagrams
    • 12.1 Network and infrastructure diagrams
    • 12.2 Deployment diagrams
    • 12.3 Cloud architecture diagrams
  • 13. Other diagrams
    • 13.1 Architectural view models
    • 13.2 System Landscape
    • 13.3 User interface mockups and wireframes
    • 13.4 Business process and workflow
    • 13.5 Domain model
    • 13.6 Runtime and behaviour
    • 13.7 And more
  • 14. Appendix A: Financial Risk System
    • 14.1 Background
    • 14.2 Functional Requirements
    • 14.3 Non-functional Requirements
  • Notes

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