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what is the role of anarchitect in an agile

organization?

The Agile Architect / November 2015

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Chris Edwards P.Eng., Senior [email protected] @AgileChrisYYC

THE AGILE ARCHITECT

Our Experience in Discovering a Successful Pattern

NOVEMBER 2015

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Setting the Stage • 5 teams, 5-9 each (including QA)

• Mix of Scrum/Kanban/Scrumban

• Thick Client

• C++

• Mature Codebase

• Recently Adopted Agile

• Major Project – Client / Server

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The best architectures, requirements, and designs

emerge from self-organizing teams.


Agile Manifesto


ArchitectureApproach 1:Laissez Faire




HELP!!!

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empowerment is morethan just taking yourhands off the wheel



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how do we incorporatean architect…

without sacrificing agile values?


Wanted to avoid this:


Requirements

Design

Code

Test

Deploy


And this:


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ArchitectureApproach 2:The Architecture Scout




Architecture by Example

”“



Too many classes makes the system too complex!

Big classes make the

system unmaintainable!



WORK HARDER!



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what if thearchitect isWRONG?



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how do you knowif the architect

is WRONG?



I thought you knew

something I didn’t

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architect is a leadership role



xkcd.com



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how do I serve the teams without telling

them what to do?


Intent Based Leadership


Rob van Hilten, Flickr



Don’t move information to authority,

move authority to the information

”“

David Marquet



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two pillars that need to be in place: the technical competence …. and organization clarity.

… put those things in place and then you can give control.

”“

David Marquet



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i intend to…


ArchitectureApproach 3:The Architecture Coach





Daily Design Meeting • 30 minutes

• Technical lead from each team

• Discuss challenges that being encountered

• Exercise is repeated on the team that brought the challenge



Resist the urge to provide solutions.

”“

David Marquet



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questionscommunicate

values



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letting go is hard



organizations which design systems ... are constrained to

produce designs which are copies of the communication

structures of these organizations

”“

M. Conway


ArchitectureApproach 3:The Architecture Coach


Rob van Hilten, FlickrCoaching Agile Teams, Lyssa Adkins


Focus on InterestsRather than Positions





Design Steps • What is the problem you’re trying to solve?

• What solutions should we consider?

• What are the pros/cons of each solution?



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create a common frameworkfor resolving conflict



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disagreement is amechanism for

organizational clarity



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the end?



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something interestinghappened



?



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do we still need an architect?


Final Architecture Approach:Architecting as a Team


Steve Jurvetson, Flickr



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knowing what we know todaywould we do it all again?



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approach must evolveover time



Summary • Empowerment is more than standing back

• Architect must be connected to the code

• Lead through intent

• Resist the urge to provide solutions

• Build relationships between teams

• Create a framework for disagreement

• Disagreement is a mechanism for organizational clarity



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leadership skills are vital to an architect’s

success


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companies in growth phase• By definition, all Synerzip work is the IP of its respective clients• Deep experience in full SDLC – design, dev, QA/testing, deployment

Dedicated team of high caliber software professionals for each client• Seamlessly extends client’s local team offering full transparency• Stable teams with very low turn-over• NOT just “staff augmentation, but provide full management support

Actually reduces risk of development/delivery• Experienced team – uses appropriate level of engineering discipline• Practices Agile development – responsive yet disciplined

Reduces cost – dual-site team, 50% cost advantage Offers long-term flexibility – allows (facilitates) taking offshore team captive – aka

“BOT” option

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Chris Edwards

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Questions?

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