Which Volume Should You Read?

Different audiences may begin with different volumes depending upon their professional responsibilities.

Role	Recommended Starting Volume
Undergraduate students	Volume I
Graduate students	Volume I
Software engineers	Volume I
Technical leads	Volume I
Architects	Volume I
Operations engineers	Volume II
Site Reliability Engineers (SRE)	Volume II
Governance leaders	Volume II
Engineering managers	Volume II
AI governance committees	Volume II

Most readers will benefit from reading both volumes sequentially.

Readers who begin with Volume II may periodically reference Volume I for engineering foundations and governance concepts introduced earlier in the framework.

The two volumes are intentionally interconnected.