Design Document Conventions

1. Background / Problem Statement

1.1 Background and Pain Points

• Describe current system/module limitations and deficiencies
• List specific scenarios, metrics, or incident cases that triggered this design

1.2 Impact Scope

• Affected modules, microservices, APIs, data stores, third-party dependencies
• Potential impact on performance, reliability, cost, maintainability
• Forward/backward compatibility analysis

1.3 Constraints

• Compliance/security/performance/resource restrictions
• External system or infrastructure dependencies

2. Design Goals