Enabling Agility Through Architecture
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Software Engineering Institute
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Abstract
Industry and government stakeholders continue to demand increasingly rapid innovation and the ability to adjust products and systems to emerging needs. Amongst all the enthusiasm for using Agile practices to meet these needs, the critical role of the underlying architecture is often overlooked.
This article was originally published in Crosstalk in November 2010.
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Brown, N., Nord, R., & Ozkaya, I. (2010, December 16). Enabling Agility Through Architecture. Retrieved September 11, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/enabling-agility-through-architecture-2/.
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title={Enabling Agility Through Architecture},
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Brown, Nanette, Robert Nord, and Ipek Ozkaya. "Enabling Agility Through Architecture." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, December 16, 2010. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/enabling-agility-through-architecture-2/.
N. Brown, R. Nord, and I. Ozkaya, "Enabling Agility Through Architecture," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, 16-Dec-2010 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/enabling-agility-through-architecture-2/. [Accessed: 11-Sep-2026].
Brown, Nanette, Robert Nord, and Ipek Ozkaya. "Enabling Agility Through Architecture." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 16 Dec. 2010. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/enabling-agility-through-architecture-2/. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.
Brown, Nanette; Nord, Robert; & Ozkaya, Ipek. Enabling Agility Through Architecture. Software Engineering Institute. 2010. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/enabling-agility-through-architecture-2/