Chapter 3: Agile Architect – The Linchpin of Success

"Architects, absorbed as they are in contemporary problems of design, devote little time to questioning the assumptions underlying their work."

- Sotirios Kotoulas (Supervised Wuskwatim Hydroelectric dam in Northern Canada)

In the last chapter, we learned about collaboration to achieve collective ownership being one of the key Agile architecture principles for developing evolving solutions. Collective ownership ensures all team members equally own decisions and share responsibilities to drive toward achieving the architecture vision.

While the team self-organizes in a way that delivers maximum value with agility, critical architecture decisions need to be taken carefully to avoid long-lasting impacts on the quality and sustainability of solutions. Therefore, it is crucial to have one member of the team hold the baton while the rest of the team swarms around and contributes actively to...