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Becoming an Agile Software Architect

By : Rajesh R V
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Becoming an Agile Software Architect

By: Rajesh R V

Overview of this book

Many organizations have embraced Agile methodologies to transform their ability to rapidly respond to constantly changing customer demands. However, in this melee, many enterprises often neglect to invest in architects by presuming architecture is not an intrinsic element of Agile software development. Since the role of an architect is not pre-defined in Agile, many organizations struggle to position architects, often resulting in friction with other roles or a failure to provide a clear learning path for architects to be productive. This book guides architects and organizations through new Agile ways of incrementally developing the architecture for delivering an uninterrupted, continuous flow of values that meets customer needs. You'll explore various aspects of Agile architecture and how it differs from traditional architecture. The book later covers Agile architects' responsibilities and how architects can add significant value by positioning themselves appropriately in the Agile flow of work. Through examples, you'll also learn concepts such as architectural decision backlog,the last responsible moment, value delivery, architecting for change, DevOps, and evolutionary collaboration. By the end of this Agile book, you'll be able to operate as an architect in Agile development initiatives and successfully architect reliable software systems.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Section 1: Understanding Architecture in the Agile World
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Chapter 1: Looking through the Agile Architect's Lens
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Section 2: Transformation of Architect Roles in Agile
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Section 3: Essential Knowledge to Become a Successful Agile Architect
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Section 4: Personality Traits and Organizational Influence

Using the quality life cycle in Agile software development

Delivering high-quality solutions in Agile software development needs continuous focused attention on quality. The following diagram defines the five life cycle stages of delivering quality:

Figure 9.9 – Five stages of the quality life cycle in Agile software development

As captured in the diagram, the five life cycle stages for ensuring the system's quality needs are as follows:

  • Discovering and refining: Discover quality requirements to satisfy current and future needs of the customer.
  • Modeling and simulation: Develop models and perform simulations to detect challenges as early as possible.
  • Applying architecture trade-offs: Apply architecture trade-offs to ensure no overdoing of quality engineering with objective decisions.
  • Developing quality with backlog: Implement architecture mechanisms as backlog items to avoid dropping significant quality-related tasks.
  • Assessing...