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ARCHITECTURE OWNER

STANIMIRA JELEZOVA

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Owner

Software ArchitectSCRUM master

Software Engineer

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CONTENTS

• Architecture and Agile

• Agile Architecture Best Practices

• Architecture Owner Skills

• Architecture Owner Activities

Feel free to ask questions at any time during the presentation

ARCHITECTURE AND AGILE

Working software over comprehensive documentation

Responding to change over following a plan

Agile Manifesto

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TO UNDERSTAND THE BEST PRACTICES

MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTND THE PRINCIPLES.

ARCHITECTURE AND AGILE

Goal : Minimize the costs and shorten the time to market new features to gain competitive advantage

Common solution:Reduce the cost of change in both time and money.

Always consider Modifiability, Flexibility and other development quality attributes as high priority architectural drivers.


AGILE ARCHITECTURE BEST PRACTICES

Architecture is a team effort and responsibility.

Use collaborative methods and local decision making.

Evolutionary approach to Architecture.

Keep the code quality high, follow coding guidelines and procedures, conform to standards, follow best practices.

The team should know and understand the Architecture.


Architecture is responsibility of the agile team.

The Architecture Owner leads the way and facilitates.

ARCHITECTURE OWNER SKILLSBUSINESS VALUATION

All project activities should be driven by a business need.Consider the economics of the system.


Universal Answer:

Well, it depends.

ARCHITECTURE OWNER SKILLSDECISION FRAMEWORK


To make fast and accurate decisions – consider a framework.

Don’t forget the best practices:

Local-Decision Making

ARCHITECTURE OWNER SKILLSRISK MANAGEMENT


AVOID TRANSFER

REDUCE ACCEPT

RISK

ARCHITECTURE OWNER SKILLSALIGN ALL STAKEHOLDERS


ARCHITECTURE OWNER SKILLSSYSTEM THINKING


Interdependancies

• Context• Boundaries• Low coupling• Optimization

Cooperation

ARCHITECTURE OWNER ACTIVITIES

Facilitate = to help; to make easier, less difficult

ARCHITECTURAL ACTIVITIES FACILITATION


Team Architectur

al Knowledge

Trainings, sharingGuided researchChallenge the teamIntrinsic motivation

Team knowledge of the System

Team understandingDocumentationStandards, guidelines

Motivate the Team

Motivate knowledge workersGive goalAttitude to Change

Work through Uncertai

nty

Limit the focusAvoid detailsRisk management

Vision

Think big, act smallChange scenariosKeep the options open

ARCHITECTURE DRIVERS ELICITATION


OWNER OF THE TECHNICAL BACKLOG


GROOMING


User StoryBusiness Value

Small

Clearly defined

Complete

Testable

PLANNING


IMPLEMENTATION


SPRINT REVIEW


Rest API

Business log ic

Dom ain ob ject s

DB

SPRINT REVIEW


WHAT TO REMEMBER

Understand the principles behind the practices.

Architecture is responsibility of the whole team.

All decisions should be tractable to a business need.

Consider the economics of the system.

Compare incomparable things.


WHAT TO REMEMBER

Be decisive, be fair, be consistent. Use a decision framework.

Align, inspire, motivate stakeholders behind the solutions.

Always consider and mitigate project risks.

A well designed system is more than the sum of its parts.

You are a facilitator.


Who could fit best this role?

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THANK YOU FOR THE INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS

If you want to continue, you can contact me [email protected]

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