Your architecture mirrors your communication patterns.
Most systems don’t fail in production. They fail in communication.
Handoffs without context. Ownership without authority. Decisions made in meetings that never make it to the model are often overlooked.
Architects who only design systems miss half the architecture. The human layer is just as real and harder to diagram.
When the social architecture breaks, the technical one follows. Always.
It’s not the wrong tool. It’s unclear ownership, invisible incentives, and broken trust.
Fix the social layer, and the system stabilizes. Ignore it, and no amount of automation will help.
Where does your system fail first, code or people?