Build Enterprise grade product

Enterprise preparedness is a phase in a maturing organisation evaluating the capability of a product, technology, or solution to meet the needs and demands of a large and complex organizational environment, such as an enterprise.

This includes

• Scalability
• Extendability
• Security
• Reliability
• Manageability
• Better code quality and Automation
• Fluid integration with other systems

Scalability and Extendability are two opposites in this context. Scalability means a system is able to accommodate growth. It's an answer to the below question, can this system grow when there is a need?

Extensibility means you are able to add something to the system effortlessly. How easy to attach something new to the existing system? It does not have to be growth-related.

The goal of enterprise-grade is to ensure that a solution can be effectively deployed and supported in an enterprise environment, providing high-quality software products to help premium customers to run their businesses in a tandem model.

A product and customer tandem touches on to the relationship between a product and its target customers. It involves understanding the needs, preferences and behaviour of the customers to tailor and design the product to meet their expectations, deliver value and create a positive experience. The goal is to establish a strong connection between the product and the customer, foster customer loyalty and drive sales and growth.

Successful Startups quickly come to a phase to support enterprise customer products and support. This growth would bring new models and principles that would allow the existing system to operate with less hassle.

Changes would not alter the existing agility of product delivery. The growth of a startup includes an addition to the employees count. The organisation would be ready to improve onboarding and product documentation that provides more confidence to the newbies. Product and process should be ready to adapt to the changes. Changes are inevitable in reality but it's 10x quicker than expected in the software industry.

Some common enterprise software design patterns are listed below,

1. Model-View-Controller (MVC)
2. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
3. Microservices Architecture
4. Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)
5. Domain Driven Design (DDD)
6. Command and Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS)
7. Event Sourcing