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

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Looking ahead of development

Developing solutions without a view of what is coming in the near- to mid-term causes several issues. Due to the urgency of now, a solution's architecture decays progressively, and a move toward accidental architecture results in higher operational costs and reduced agility. Just-in-time decisions and delayed decisions increase the adoption of tactical solutions. As a result, velocity goes up before deteriorating due to higher degrees of rework. Tactical solutions impact the technical quality and predictability of the release process. Solution qualities such as stability, reliability, performance, and so on also decreases as time progresses.

As discussed in the horse and buggy metaphor in Chapter 3, Agile Architects – The Linchpin to Success, architects often work on future iterations alongside the product owner to ensure backlog items have enough clarity at the time of the development sprint. Preparing the Definition of Ready (DOR) on time...