You're reading from Becoming an Agile Software Architect Strategies, practices, and patterns to help architects design continually evolving solutions

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800563841

Length 372 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

JIRA

Concepts

Agile

Author (1):

Rajesh R V

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Understanding Architecture in the Agile World

2. Chapter 1: Looking through the Agile Architect's Lens FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Agile Architecture – The Foundation of Agile Delivery

4. Section 2: Transformation of Architect Roles in Agile

5. Chapter 3: Agile Architect – The Linchpin of Success

6. Chapter 4: Agile Enterprise Architect – Connecting Strategy to Code

7. Chapter 5: Agile Solution Architect – Designing Continuously Evolving Systems

8. Section 3: Essential Knowledge to Become a Successful Agile Architect

9. Chapter 6: Delivering Value with New Ways of Working

10. Chapter 7: Technical Agility with Patterns and Techniques

11. Chapter 8: DevOps and Continuous Delivery to Accelerate Flow

12. Chapter 9: Architecting for Quality with Quality Attributes

13. Chapter 10: Lean Documentation through Collaboration

14. Chapter 11: Architect as an Enabler in Lean-Agile Governance

15. Section 4: Personality Traits and Organizational Influence

16. Chapter 12: Architecting Organizational Agility

17. Chapter 13: Culture and Leadership Traits

18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

Traditional EA is strongly focused on adopting off-the-shelf EA frameworks. Framework-driven EA is dogmatically documentation-centric, forcing enterprise architects to produce a multitude of fine-grained models and documents with a longer lead time to realize value. Most of the organizations embarking on this route fail miserably to deliver their promises and value to enterprises. Therefore, framework-centric EA is no longer best suited for organizations driving agility.

Agile enterprise architects use Agile practices to operate EA. They stick to the five key principles – lean-Agile, value-driven, data-driven, collaboration, and intertwined IT delivery processes. They break down issues into smaller chunks, use iterations, and focus on delivering value with the shortest possible lead time. Agile enterprise architects balance between providing customer value faster and in a sustainable way. They use the DIMD approach for data-driven decisions with a lean-Agile mindset...