Lessons learned from Snow in the Desert
Snow in the Desert is a fictitious global tour and travel company that we are going to have as a point of reference to get this contextualized viewpoint. We are using Snow in the Desert as a case study for reinforcement of our learning throughout this book. The nature of Agile software development is not prescriptive. Since it is guided, and principle- and practice-driven, there are many ways to embrace and implement Agile engineering concepts. The organization's context mostly determines adoption, and therefore it is hard to have a generic opinionated view.
In this chapter, we are introducing Snow in the Desert and the way Agile architecture is adopted to accomplish organization agility.
The group has four business verticals, as shown in the following diagram:
Figure 2.18 – Snow in the Desert business units
Snow in the Desert is a company with a long legacy, having footprints across the globe with...
