What to Consider When Migrating to Microservices?
Microservices has become a revolutionary approach to software architecture development. With every passing year, more and more e-commerce companies decide to migrate to microservices and claim that it positively affected their business.
The microservices approach brings multiple benefits for business owners over the monolithic approach:
- Increased application resilience,
- Better scaling,
- Technological flexibility,
- Easier debugging and maintenance,
- Cross-functional teams, etc.
Apart from advantages related to software development, the concept of microservices significantly transforms the overall organizational mindset. However, not every company is ready for such dramatic changes. If you keep in mind migrating your project to microservices, let’s find out what measures to take to justify your efforts and successfully adopt the microservices approach.
Make sure you are well-equipped to switch to microservices
You should ascertain you have all the necessary tools to handle microservices — from CI/CD pipeline and Kubernetes to monitoring tools. Besides, a proficient DevOps team will come in handy too.
Encourage failures within your organization
Since you and your entire team will face a completely different process, initial failures should be treated as normal. It will help your company to overcome an adaptation period and conduct a slow but methodical transition.
Measure the metrics you need to improve
As an inventor of modern business management Peter Drucker once said, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” You should clearly define what KPIs you need to grow and measure them on a regular basis.
Start small
As the old saying goes, if you chase two rabbits at once, both will escape. The transformation of such scales requires time, effort, and, what is not less important, patience. Identify the fundamental points of your project that call for your attention the most and proceed from them then. This is the best move towards seamless microservices deployment.
Arrange cross-functional teams
To make the development process truly effective and your teams more productive, you should clearly specify the responsibilities of each team: developers, database engineers, testers, infrastructure engineers, etc. In other words, each team member should focus on a particular service without the need for third-party assistance or approval.
Conclusion
The migration to microservices marks the beginning of a new chapter for any e-commerce company. However, successful migration means successful preparation. To derive maximum benefit from microservices and avoid any pitfalls, you should have the proper infrastructure in place and strive to accept positive changes. In fact, this can be a huge challenge for some organizations.
Read this article to learn more on how to assess your organizational culture and check if it’s the right time for the shift to microservices.
