Hi Simon, this is a great point, which people tend to really misunderstand... a few years ago I had a talk on this specific topic (how architecture empowers agility -> esilva.net/talks/#zoom_out_think-s...). I think the points you mention are very strong but I would add: "clearer alignment", i.e.: enable teams to understand the context and have a more well defined "direction" for their (agile) developments. By combining "direction" with "speed" (the only variable that "agile teams" tend to focus) you get "high velocity" (as in physics). This is still one of my major points to consider architecture ("the significant decisions") in Agile.
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I know (read them all yesterday :p), but "repetition on the right places" is an acceptable "trait" (& "trade-off") :D Thank you for the series Simon, keep up with the great work!
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Hi Simon, this is a great point, which people tend to really misunderstand... a few years ago I had a talk on this specific topic (how architecture empowers agility -> esilva.net/talks/#zoom_out_think-s...). I think the points you mention are very strong but I would add: "clearer alignment", i.e.: enable teams to understand the context and have a more well defined "direction" for their (agile) developments. By combining "direction" with "speed" (the only variable that "agile teams" tend to focus) you get "high velocity" (as in physics). This is still one of my major points to consider architecture ("the significant decisions") in Agile.
Agreed, alignment is very important ... this is covered in the other posts, from a couple of different angles. :-)
I know (read them all yesterday :p), but "repetition on the right places" is an acceptable "trait" (& "trade-off") :D Thank you for the series Simon, keep up with the great work!