Designing a system from scratch and ensuring its smooth first deployment involves several key phases. Here's a step-by-step approach that incorporates both system design principles and deployment processes:
1. Requirement Gathering
Identify Stakeholders: Understand who will use the system and their needs. Functional Requirements: What the system should do (e.g., user actions, input/output). Non-Functional Requirements: Performance, scalability, security, reliability, compliance. Assumptions & Constraints: External factors like budget, time, existing systems, compliance regulations, and hardware limitations.
2. High-Level System Design