Modularity

2 of our books define this term — and their definitions are worth reading side by side.

The degree to which a system’s components can be separated and recombined to create new configurations and capabilities.

— Unbundling the Enterprise: Glossary of Terms

Modularity refers to component decoupling with a focus on the smallest unit of functionality

— Industrial DevOps, in the text, Suzette Johnson (Northrop Grumman), Diane LaFortune (Northrop Grumman Corporation), Dean Leffingwell (Scaled Agile, Inc.), Harry Koehnemann (Scaled Agile), Stephen Magill (Sonatype), Steve Mayner (Scaled Agile), Avigail Ofer (Electric Cloud), Anders Wallgren (Stealth startup) & Robin Yeman (Leidos)

Filed under Architecture & Systems

← All glossary terms