Design the Architecture for a Library Management System
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Design the Architecture for a Library Management System. Intermediate challenge in design. Designing real products under real constraints, earn a blockchain-...
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Design a web-based library management system architecture using the C4 model and document major decisions with ADRs for a public-tender process.
This is not a design exercise. It is the work a product designer does between a brief and a shipped interface. That distinction matters to every hiring manager who has seen candidates redesign Spotify's homepage and none who have worked under real product constraints.
When you finish, you will have something most graduates do not: a real-world deliverable, verified by Ewance, that you can show to a hiring manager and say "I did this. Here is the proof."
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Apply the C4 model to a real multi-component system
- Design a normalized data model from an RFP
- Write Architecture Decision Records that survive procurement review
- Trade off architecture choices defensibly in writing
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Aligned coursework coming soon.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- Software Architecture
Apply software architecture to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- C4 Model
Apply c4 model to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Data Modeling
Apply data modeling to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Api Design
Design RESTful and GraphQL APIs that are intuitive, consistent, and well-documented.
- Architecture Decision Records
Apply architecture decision records to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Requirements Engineering
Apply requirements engineering to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
Careers
Career paths this challenge builds toward
Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles: