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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

Chapter 4: Agile Enterprise Architect – Connecting Strategy to Code

Go and see for yourself to thoroughly understand the situation (Genchi Genbutsu)

– Toyota Principle 12, The Toyota Way

In the previous chapter, we discussed the importance of an Agile architect by exploring their duties and challenges with a series of metaphors. While Agile architects play many different roles, enterprise architects and solution architects are the most important roles in enterprise-scale Agile software delivery.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution underpins technology as an enabler for businesses to withstand the storm of volatile environments and market instabilities. Rigorous strategic planning and accelerated adoption of lean practices help organizations to achieve the desired state of agility. Enterprise architects perform a significant role in fundamentally enabling business agility through rapid cycles of technology innovations. However, traditional Enterprise Architecture...