Agile Architecture in SAFe

Agile Architecture in SAFe

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Agile architecture will have a set of values, practices and also collaborations which will support the active, evolutionary design and architecture of a system.This technique may embrace the Devops mindset, by allowing the architecture of any system which has evolved continuously over time, simultaneously supporting which needs of current users. It also avoids the overhead and delays that is associated with an start-stop-nature and also large scale redesign inherent with phase-gate processes and also Big front design.

Agile architecture will assists agile development practices through collaboration, emergent design simplicity. Agile architecture also enables design for capabilities like testing, deployment and release.

The roles and collaborations:

SAFe will explain three architect roles: Enterprise, solution and system architect, that address these concerns at their respective levels. They collaborate regularly across and among levels to make sure alignment an address issues and concerns as they arise. The roles require the necessary architectural skills. The role will be filled by more than one person to make sure sufficient knowledge and prevent architecture decisions from bottlenecking teams.

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This interdependent behaviour of business and technical strategy needs the collaboration between architects and other SAFe roles to make sure that architecture meets the current and emerging needs of the business and also customers it serves. In this Agile release train, System Architects communicate the technical path through the architectural runaway, Non-functional requirements and the design and supports of the continuous delivery pipeline. Architecture will also enable built-in quality. The systems teams realises the architecture vision by building the supporting infrastructure which makes Agile teams to design, implement, test and deliver value. System architects coordinate with enterprise and solution architects that make sure their solutions will be aligned with the larger vision.

What is SAFe?

The Scaled Agile Framework known to be an organisational and workflow patterns for implementing agile practices at an enterprise level. The framework will be body of knowledge based on structured guidance and roles and responsibilities, safe will promote alignment, collaboration and delivery across large numbers of agile teams. It was created all around three primary bodies of knowledge, agile software development, lean product development and systems thinking. When the business expands in size, SAFe provides a structured approach for scaling agile. There are four configurations in SAFe to collect various levels of scale, Essential SAFe, large solution SAFe, portfolio SAFe and full SAFe.

SAFe principles:

The Scaled Agile Framework’s principles known to upgrade the company as an entire by inspiring lean-agile decision making allover functional and organisational boundaries. The principles are required to influence the decisions of not just leaders and managers, but of each in the organisation and condition their mindset to shift from traditional waterfall thinking to lean agile thinking.

1.Take an economic view

Which inspired by the theories on product development flow from Donald Reinertsen’s books, by achieving shortest and sustainable lead-time needs individual in the decision making chain to understand the economic implications of delay. As to SAFe, arranging jobs for highest benefit,knowing economic trade-offs and operating within lean budgets are all responsibilities which should be shared throughout the organisation.

2.Apply Systems thinking

SAFe encourages people who use this framework to implement systems thinking to 3 key areas where the solution is enterprise building the system and value streams. Solutions refers to products, services, system deliveries to the customer, as on they are internal or external to the enterprise. Large solutions will have many interconnected component parts as team members should have a higher level perspective on how their parts fits into the bigger picture.

3.Assume variability, preserve options

Designing the systems and software is an uncertain exercise. This principle addresses uncertainty by bringing in the concept of set-based design, which calls for storing multiple requirements and design options for a longer period in the development cycle.

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