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# Systems of Record — Series Index
- URL: https://www.antoinebuteau.com/systems-of-record-series-index/
- Published: 2026-05-11T04:06:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-19T00:12:55.000Z
- Description: A source of truth is a governance choice spanning business systems, master data, ownership, and synchronization. The sequence maps how identifiers, shadow truth, integration boundaries, and migrations create operating risk, then builds architectural literacy toward a practical audit.
- Author: Antoine Buteau
- Tags: #Systems Of Record, Series Index

**Systems of Record** is a 10-part series. Use this page as the table of contents and read the posts in order.

## Read the series in order

1. [Source of Truth Is a Governance Decision](https://www.antoinebuteau.com/systems-of-record-series-1-source-of-truth-is-a-governance-decision/)
2. [The Map of Business Systems](https://www.antoinebuteau.com/systems-of-record-series-2-the-map-of-business-systems/)
3. [Customer, Product, Vendor, and Employee Masters](https://www.antoinebuteau.com/systems-of-record-series-3-customer-product-vendor-and-employee-masters/)
4. [Ownership Boundaries Across Systems](https://www.antoinebuteau.com/systems-of-record-series-4-ownership-boundaries-across-systems/)
5. [Synchronization Failure and Shadow Truth](https://www.antoinebuteau.com/systems-of-record-series-5-synchronization-failure-and-shadow-truth/)
6. [Identifiers, Hierarchies, and Reconciliation](https://www.antoinebuteau.com/systems-of-record-series-6-identifiers-hierarchies-and-reconciliation/)
7. [Buying, Building, and Integration Boundaries](https://www.antoinebuteau.com/systems-of-record-series-7-buying-building-and-integration-boundaries/)
8. [Migrations as Operating Risk](https://www.antoinebuteau.com/systems-of-record-series-8-migrations-as-operating-risk/)
9. [Systems Architecture Literacy for Operators](https://www.antoinebuteau.com/systems-of-record-series-9-systems-architecture-literacy-for-operators/)
10. [The Systems of Record Audit](https://www.antoinebuteau.com/systems-of-record-series-10-the-systems-of-record-audit/)

Start with [Source of Truth Is a Governance Decision](https://www.antoinebuteau.com/systems-of-record-series-1-source-of-truth-is-a-governance-decision/). If you want the practical diagnostic, jump to [The Systems of Record Audit](https://www.antoinebuteau.com/systems-of-record-series-10-the-systems-of-record-audit/).