Add docs for module responsibilities and critical paths

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Proposed changes

Type of Change

• Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• Documentation Update (if none of the other choices apply)

Checklist

• I have read the CONTRIBUTING doc
• Linting and tests pass locally with my changes
• I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
• I have added necessary documentation (if appropriate)

Further comments

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Merging even though tests look to be failing. This is a readme change only though so should have no impact on tests.