- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Time
- 60–90 min
Frame the project
State the user or research problem, the baseline, constraints, your ownership, and the success measure without describing the solution yet.
What to demonstrate: Is the problem important and measurable before the architecture appears?
Draw the decision chain
List the major components and the key decision behind each. Include one rejected alternative and why it lost.
What to demonstrate: Can you explain causality rather than recite a diagram?
Open the failure log
Describe the hardest failure or misleading result, how you localized it, and which observation changed your model of the system.
What to demonstrate: Does the debugging account include evidence and uncertainty?
Defend the outcome
Separate shipped result, measured impact, unresolved risk, and what you would redesign with today’s knowledge.
What to demonstrate: Can you discuss limitations without erasing the accomplishment?