microserviceready

Microserviceready is a term used in software engineering to describe a software system composed of modular, independently deployable services that is prepared to operate in production at scale. It signals that the architecture, processes, and tooling are in place to support ongoing development, deployment, and operation of microservices with acceptable risk.

Assessing microservicereadiness focuses on architectural, operational, and governance dimensions. Architectural readiness includes bounded contexts, loose coupling, stable service contracts, and clear ownership of each service. Operational readiness covers automated testing, continuous integration and delivery, versioning, data migration strategies, comprehensive observability (logging, tracing, metrics), and robust health and readiness checks. Governance readiness incorporates security posture, access control, secret management, documentation, and change management.

Common practices that contribute to readiness include contract testing and consumer-driven contracts, extensive integration and end-to-end testing, canary or blue-green deployments, feature flags, and service meshes or API gateways for traffic control. Data management considerations often involve per-service databases or bounded-context data ownership and careful schema evolution to minimize coupling.

While a system labeled microserviceready indicates preparedness, it does not guarantee simplicity or faultlessness; ongoing discipline is required. Readiness is typically treated as a continuum with regular reassessment as services evolve and scale.