Enterprise Architecture And Agile ((full)) [TESTED]

Agile teams felt slowed down by rigid governance.

Teams don't reinvent the wheel for every project.

Global Retail Bank (40 Agile teams) The Problem: Customer app had 12 different ways to display an address. Integration latency was 800ms. Architects blamed "wild west Agile." Agile teams blamed "architectural paralysis." enterprise architecture and agile

(This incentivizes waste.)

Security and compliance are built into the architecture. Agile teams felt slowed down by rigid governance

When an Architect demands a blueprint for the entire system on Day 1, the Agile team sees a violation of their manifesto’s core principle: “Responding to change over following a plan.”

As you attempt to merge EA and Agile, watch for these three killers: Integration latency was 800ms

Symptom: The EA has a beautiful 3-year roadmap that ignores the fact that the Agile team pivoted 18 months ago. Fix: The roadmap must be version controlled via Git. Every sprint, a GitHub Action runs to check: "Does current code match roadmap? If no, update roadmap." The architecture serves the code, not the other way around.

The successful model is . Instead of "Phase 0 Architecture" (six months before coding), you move to "Sprint -1 Architecture" (two weeks before coding).