Agile Architecture Principle #5 – The bigger the system, the longer the runway

Note: this is one in a series of posts under the category of “agile architecture”. In an earlier post, (Six Principles of Agile Architecture) we identified six principles that can help us reason about the challenge of architecting systems of scale in an agile enterprise.

In prior posts, we’ve discussed the first four principles. In this [...]

Agile Architecture Principle #4 – They build it, they test it

Note: this is one in a series of posts under the category of “agile architecture”. In an earlier post, (Six Principles of Agile Architecture) we identified six principles that can help us reason about the challenge of architecting systems of scale in an agile enterprise.

Posts Principle #1 – The team that codes the system designs [...]

Agile Architecture Principle #3 – When in doubt, code it out

Note: this is one in a series of posts under the category of “agile architecture”. In an earlier post, (Six Principles of Agile Architecture) we identified six principles that can help us reason about the challenge of architecting systems of scale in an agile enterprise.

Two prior posts: Principle #1 – The team that codes the [...]

Agile Architecture Principle #2 – Build the simplest architecture that can possibly work

Note: this is one in a series of posts under the category of “agile architecture”.

In an earlier post, (Six Principles of Agile Architecture) we identified six principles that can help us reason about the challenge of architecting systems of scale in an agile enterprise. This post discusses Principle #2 – Build the simplest architecture that [...]

Agile Architecture Principle #1 – The team that codes the system designs the system

Note: this is one in a series of posts under the category of “agile architecture”.

In the last post, (Six Principles of Agile Architecture) we identified six principles that can help us reason about the challenge of architecting systems of scale in an agile enterprise.
In this post, I’ll describe the first principle of agile architecture: the [...]

Six Principles of Agile Architecture (Part 1)

Many interesting discussions and debates about agile architecture, whether it be emergent, intentional, intentionally emergent, (or whatever!), continue as agile marches across the chasm into the enterprise. This issue gets particularly entertaining as I encounter deeply experienced and very senior architects, systems architects, VPs, CTOs and the like who have strong views about imposing architectural [...]