Interview prompt
Problem context
A two-year platform migration spans twelve teams, is nine months late, and has moved only low-risk traffic. The old system still receives features, temporary bridges multiply, and executives receive green status based on tasks completed. Take over the program and recover or stop it.
Skills being evaluated
program recoveryarchitecture strategystakeholder trustportfolio decisions
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Clarify the decision
Establish scale assumptions
Functional and non-functional requirements
High-level architecture
Data model and flow
Consistency and transaction boundaries
Failure modes and recovery
Security and privacy
Observability and SLOs
Capacity and cost
Alternatives and trade-offs
Evolution and migration
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