What is business analysis for microservices?

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**Microservices** — distributed architecture.

**BA considerations:**
- Service boundaries.
- Inter-service communication.
- Data ownership.
- Failure handling.

**Decomposition strategies:**
- By business capability.
- By subdomain (DDD).
- By data ownership.

**Example:**
```
E-commerce microservices:
- User Service (auth, profile)
- Product Service (catalog)
- Order Service (checkout)
- Payment Service (billing)

API Contracts:
- User → Order: get user info
- Order → Payment: process payment
- Order → Product: reserve stock
```

**Requirements:**
- Service level objectives.
- Integration patterns.
- Data consistency.

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