The big internet companies are often used as an example for effective IT and microservices as their strategy for success. This article is the first article in a series and tries to summarize the benefits and challenges of microservices. Often only the benefits are seen but it is important to know the full story before starting with microservices.
Based on the first article about benefits and challenges of microservices and the examples of some big internet companies this article collects the lessons learned from these companies to recommendations. What is needed to avoid mistakes and to be successful with microservices?
Mankind has over 10.000 years of experience with big endeavors or projects. We have a lot of methods, models and tools to manage projects. Why are so many projects currently failing?
Agile with "Individuals and interactions over processes and tools" and a regulated environment with clearly defined processes and checkpoints, how should this fit together?