You're planning an operational workflow and need to choose the right pipeline pattern before implementation. Some workflows can tolerate delay, while others need immediate updates to drive downstream actions.
How would you decide whether to use a batch process or a real-time process for an operational workflow?
Freshness SLA and user impactTolerance for missing or late dataOperational complexity and on-call burdenNeed for replay, correction, and auditabilityCost of always-on compute versus scheduled compute