USE CASE: PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE
System Boundaries
That Make Sense.
Use Gestalt when your system is too complex to hold in people's heads. Map services, integrations, and dependencies in a hierarchy that stays navigable.
CTOs / Architects
Defining the landscape and strategic migrations.
Platform Leads
Managing shared services and infrastructure.
Migration Teams
Planning modularization or cloud moves.
How it works
1
Define Boundaries
Start with the Root Portal: your entire system landscape. Then create Sub-portals for each domain or service boundary.
2
Map Dependencies
Draw connections between subsystems. Make data flows, API calls, and operational dependencies visible.
3
Visualize Risk
Identify choke points and single points of failure by seeing the "forest" of connections.
System Landscape
Public Internet
? Cloudflare / CDN
? VPC: Production
? Subsystem: Auth
? Subsystem: Core App
? Legacy: On-Prem Sync
The Output
Boundary Map
Macro view of the entire platform.
Architecture Report
Print the root portal for leadership alignment.
Dependency Graph
Make migration risks visible.