Where do architects fit in large organizations that introduce agile concepts? Many delivery teams that start using agile practices suggest the architect role and architecture have only slow velocity and increase friction, practicing architecture using antiquated, command-and-control methods.

In every business, there is a demand to achieve business objectives that is supplied by or through the limited people and resources skilled in delivery and operation of digital capability. What do architects do in an agile environment, at scale?

From Agile at Scale in the Harvard Business Review https://hbr.org/2018/05/agile-at-scale, the article suggests that “Leadership teams need to instill agile values throughout the entire enterprise.” Architects are the role that provides that glue across business lines and technical staff supporting those lines. SAFe, DAD, Nexus, SOS, and other frameworks and methodologies have emerged as organizations grapple with scaling agile. But they are tools in a toolkit. This course helps architects understand their role, how they engage, and what they need to do to make the jump to a digital enterprise using agile delivery and operation techniques successful.