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Continuous architecture : sustainable architecture in an agile and cloud-centric world /
Continuous Architecture provides a broad architectural perspective for continuous delivery, and describes a new architectural approach that supports and enables it. As the pace of innovation and software releases increases, IT departments are tasked to deliver value quickly and inexpensively to thei...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waltham, MA :
Morgan Kaufmann is an imprint of Elsevier,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Ch. 1 Introduction to Continuous Architecture
- What Do We Mean by Architecture?
- Historical Perspective
- Current Challenges with Software Architecture
- Architecture in an (increasingly) Agile World
- Architecture in a Continuous Delivery and Cloud-Centric World
- Continuous Architecture Definition
- The Benefits of Continuous Architecture
- Applying Continuous Architecture
- Structure of The Book
- Endnotes
- ch. 2 Principles of Continuous Architecture
- Principle 1 Architect Products, Not Just Solutions for Projects
- What Is a Software Product?
- Leveraging "Architect Products, Not Just Solutions for Projects" in Practice
- Principle 2 Focus on Quality Attributes, Not on Functional Requirements
- Principle 3 Delay Design Decisions Until They Are Absolutely Necessary
- Principle 4 Architect for Change
- Leverage "The Power of Small"
- Principle 5 Architect for Build, Test, and Deploy
- Principle 6 Model the Organization After the Design of the System
- Summary
- Endnotes
- ch. 3 Getting Started with Continuous Architecture: Requirements Management
- Functional Requirements Versus Quality Attributes
- Leveraging Value Chains to Understand the Functional Scope of a Product
- The Big Picture: The Value Chain
- The Dynamics: User Story Themes
- Analyzing User Story Themes
- Using Architecture Scenarios for Quality Attribute Requirements
- Building the Quality Attributes Utility Tree
- Quality Attribute Details
- Gathering and Managing Requirements
- Stakeholder Interviews
- Joint Requirements Development Sessions
- Conversations with Business Partners (or with the Product Owner)
- Managing Functional Requirements
- Managing Quality Attribute Requirements
- Summary
- Endnotes
- ch. 4 Evolving the Architecture
- Architectural Decisions
- Role of Decisions in Architecture
- Making and Governing Design Decisions
- Agile and Architectural Decisions
- Prioritizing: Using Quality Function Deployment
- Using Quality Function Deployment in Different Scenarios
- Managing Change: Transitional Architectures
- A Model of Architecture Transitions
- Applying the Continuous Architecture Principles
- Architectural Decisions
- Prioritizing: Quality Function Deployment
- Transitional Architectures
- Summary
- Endnotes
- ch. 5 Continuous Architecture and Continuous Delivery
- Continuous Architecture and the DevOps Process
- What Is "DevOps"?
- DevOps Without Continuous Architecture
- A Continuous Architecture Roadmap for Implementing DevOps
- Continuous Architecture, Continuous Feedback, and Continuous Monitoring
- What Do We Mean by "Continuous Feedback Loop"?
- What Is Continuous Monitoring?
- Continuous Architecture and the Continuous Integration Process
- What Is Continuous Integration?
- What Are the Benefits of Continuous Integration?
- Continuous Architecture and Continuous Release and Deployment
- What Is a Delivery Pipeline?
- Making a Software Release Decision
- Continuous Architecture and Continuous Testing
- What Is Continuous Testing?
- How Can We Architect for Continuous Testing?
- Designing Small, Application Programming Interface (API)-Testable Services and Components
- Service Virtualization
- Architecting Test Data for Continuous Testing
- Continuous Architecture and Hybrid Cloud Deployment
- Why Use a Cloud Infrastructure for Continuous Delivery?
- Guidelines for Cloud Readiness
- Summary
- Endnotes
- ch. 6 Validating the Architecture
- What Do We Mean By "Architecture Validation"?
- Architecture Validation Objectives
- Architecture Validation Benefits
- Architecture Peer Validation Versus External Architecture Validation
- When Do We Need to Validate?
- Initial Evaluation
- Continuous Evaluation
- Periodic Architecture Checkups
- Code Inspections
- Who Should Validate?
- The Validation Team
- Specific Roles
- How Should We Validate?
- The Checklist-Driven Validation
- Essential Architecture Validation Checklist
- Scenario-Based Validation
- Decision-Centric Validation
- Validation Process
- Step 1 Preparation
- Step 2 Architecture Validation Session
- Step 3 Architecture Evaluation Readout
- Step 4 Follow- up
- Summary
- Endnotes
- ch. 7 Continuous Architecture in Practice: A Case Study
- How to Get Started with Continuous Architecture? Start Small
- Refactor Existing Architectures Rather Than Creating from Scratch
- Focus on Quality Attributes to Create Your Architecture
- Delay Design Decisions Until They Are Absolutely Necessary to Keep the Architecture Manageable
- Leverage "The Power of Small" to Architect for Change
- Architect for Build, Test, and Deploy to Deliver Capabilities Continuously
- Model the Organization After the Design of the System to Promote Interoperability
- Leverage Continuous Architecture to Modernize Monolithic Systems Over Time
- How to Evolve Continuous Architecture Over Time?
- Think "Minimum Viable Architecture"
- Delay Design Decisions Until They Are Absolutely Necessary to Cope with New Requirements
- Leverage "What If Analyses to Test the Architecture
- Continuous Architecture Is Driven by Feedback
- Continuous Feedback Can Be Used to Govern the Evolution of Legacy Monoliths
- Summary
- Endnotes
- ch. 8 Role of the Architect
- What Does an Architect Do?
- Who Is an Architect? Types of Personalities
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
- Big Five Personality Traits
- Belbin Team Roles
- Additional Methods
- Summarizing Personality Types
- The Role of the Architect in Continuous Architecture
- A Day in the Life of a Continuous Architect
- Continuous Architecture Responsibilities
- Summary
- Endnotes
- Ch. 9 Continuous Architecture in the Enterprise
- Context for the Enterprise and Antipatterns
- Communication and Autonomy
- Enterprise Antipatterns
- Collaboration and Communication
- Architects and Development Teams
- Architects and Operations
- Architects and Testers
- Architects and Technology Executives
- Architects and Business
- Applying the Levers and Principles
- Common Language
- Industry Examples
- Creating a Common Language
- Decision Making in the Enterprise
- Architecture Process at the Enterprise Scale
- Summary
- Endnotes
- ch. 10 What About Enterprise Services?
- The Role of Enterprise Services
- What Is an Enterprise Service?
- Product Management
- Product Management as a First-Class Citizen
- Govern Properly
- Fill or Kill
- Get the Financials Right
- A Short Story of an Enterprise Service
- Delivering Enterprise Services
- Let's Start From the Technology Dimension
- Next Let Us Move Onto the People Dimension
- Finally Let Us Expand Upon the Process Aspect of Enterprise Services
- Continuous Architecture and Enterprise Services
- Summary
- Endnotes
- ch. 11 Conclusion
- What Was This Book About?
- Why Does Continuous Architecture Work?
- Putting Continuous Architecture in Practice.