his book is packed with nomenclatures and deliberate practices that will significantly benefit anyone in the role of an architect. Wish I had this in my hands decades ago, glad its here now.
--Dr. Venkat Subramaniam, award winning author and founder of Agile Developer, Inc.
Software development has changed in recent years, from long release cycles characterised by up-front planning, to the development of software in small valuable increments that deliver value quickly, allowing changes in direction in response to the experience gained from early delivery. In this book, Neal, Rebecca and Pat draw on their extensive experience to explain how to create architectures that can enable constant change, by evolving throughout the lifetime of the system. It is a valuable guide for any software architect who needs to support the rapid delivery of valuable software.
--Eoin Woods, Endava
The timely "Building Evolutionary Architectures" sits at the intersection of two key trends in the software industry. At one hand software engineers face increasing demand for delivery and quality at 'Internet' pace and scale. The only way to address this is to build evolving architectures. We do not have all the answers at the beginning, nor do we have time to find all the answers. At the same time, the role of the software architect is changing. They are increasingly becoming hands on members of highly effective product teams, instead of a separate group making the 'big decisions'. The book not only addresses these points, but is also full of pragmatic and insightful advice. A great
