MIS603 Microservices Architecture - Assessment 2

Assessment 2: Written Assessment

The Company is satisfied with the credentials you established in the previous report and have engaged you to write a report to further advise them on the transition to microservice architecture. 

Your report should address the following tasks:

• A definition and introduction to microservice architecture;
• Examples of successful implementation of microservice architecture for at least three companies in different industries.
•  You should include the benefit microservice architecture brought to them.
•  There is no architecture free lunch, therefore you should also discuss the challenges they faced in the implementation of microservice architecture;
• Discuss the principles of service modelling and technologies available for integration, e.g. SOAP, XML-RPC, REST.
• Discuss the challenges in splitting the backend monolithic system that represent substantial amount of the behaviour of the Company’s system.
• Discuss any ethical, legal and security issues in the transitioning to microservice architecture.