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

18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 2: Agile Architecture – The Foundation of Agile Delivery

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

– Leonardo da Vinci

In this era of innovative and disruptive digital transformation, Agile software development is no longer a marketing buzzword. Agile software development methodologies have enabled many organizations at scale (at the required size) to significantly accelerate their ambitious journey to accomplish and sustain organizational agility. Agile architecture and the new Agile ways of developing architecture and design are incredibly important in delivering an uninterrupted, continuous flow of values to meet the needs and wants of customers. However, architecture and architects need a radical reshaping to be relevant in the world of Agile software development.

This chapter takes you through the evolution of software development and analyzes the lessons learned, which help in reinforcing the vital need of architecture in Agile software...