Toward Agile Architecture

Despite our wishing it were so, software architecture is not static throughout a project. Yet, we make many of our software architecture decisions early in the software development lifecycle. In today’s volatile technology and business climate, big architecture up front is not sustainable. In this session, we will explore several techniques that help us create more flexible and adaptable software systems. But first, we’ll expose the true essence of what’s meant when we say “architectural agility.”

What’s the goal of architecture? To serve as a blueprint of the system? Possess the flexibility to evolve as new requirements emerge? To satisfy the architectural qualities, including performance, security, availability, reliability, and scalability? Yes. Yes. Yes. But how do we create software architectures that achieves all of these goals? And how do we ensure no disconnect occurs between developers responsible for implementation and architects responsible for the vision? Especially in a volatile technology climate where organizations seek to move their applications to the cloud, expose application capabilities to new endpoints, and deliver new capabilities quickly? In this session, we’ll explore techniques to increase architectural agility and provide some actionable advice that will help you get started immediately.