Building Evolutionary Architectures: Automated Software Governance

Description

With a constant stream of new tools, frameworks, techniques, and paradigms, the software development ecosystem is constantly changing. In the past five years alone, incremental advances in core engineering practices for software development have inspired the industry to recognize how architecture itself must evolve to meet constantly changing user demands. In this thoroughly updated edition, authors Neal Ford, Rebecca Parsons, Patrick Kua, and Pramod Sadalage provide real-world case studies that take into account the recent, growing support for the evolution of software development. In three parts, this book covers: • Mechanics: Part I includes chapters that define the mechanics of evolutionary architecture—how teams use techniques and tools to build fitness functions, deployment pipelines, and other mechanisms for governing and evolving software projects • Structure: Part II includes coverage of architecture styles and design principles around coupling, reuse, and other pertinent structural considerations for cleaner evolution over time • Impact: Part III examines the intersection of the engineering practices presented in Part I and the structural considerations from Part II Neal Ford is a director, software architect, and meme wrangler at Thoughtworks. Dr. Rebecca Parsons is Thoughtworks’ chief technology officer. Patrick Kua is a seasoned technology leader with more than 20 years of experience. Pramod Sadalage bridges the divide between database professionals and application developers as director of data and DevOps at Thoughtworks.