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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

Summary

Solution architects in agile teams are just as important as the Product Owner. Solution architects play a technical leadership role in delivering high-quality, sustainable solutions with an optimal cost that meets the customer's needs faster without compromising quality. They ensure the right problems in the right context are solved in the right way and guide teams in implementing it correctly.

The solution architects in agile teams operate with a focused objective of increasing business value and sustainability. They also identify and eliminate flow stoppers by minimizing rework, lead time, and reject cycles. Solution architects work on exploring new solutions by defining intentional architecture, together with solution vision and context. They work with the Product Owner in refining backlog items to identify technical needs, quality attributes, and architecture decisions. These technical enablers and architecture decision backlog items are placed on a 3- to 9-month...