Scrum Architect Role and Responsibilities
February 3, 2009 | Author: PM Hut | Filed under: Agile Project Management, SCRUM
Scrum Architect Role and Responsibilities
By Aaron Sanders
Scrum Architect Role definition
- Leads the technical direction of overall system
Scrum Architect Responsibilities
- Responsible for end-to-end cross functional system design and communication
- Works with the PM to group features based upon the Architectural Elements which support them, an influence on priorities
- Tests Architectural Elements with executable and testable design (abstract interfaces, aka the contract)
- Facilitates technical decision; incorporates feedback and emergent patterns from the team back in to the overall design
- Produces alternate Design Concepts & detailed approach
- Ensures the Design goals - Performance, Modularity, Reliability, Maintainability, Reusability, Internationalization and Accessibility – are met
- Ensures technical cohesion and helps write the technical contract in interfaces and other abstract objects and data entities
- Leads design review & provides feedback
Aaron Sanders, always in the search for a better way to do business, has learned of Agile early in this decade, and incorporated its principles in his place of work. Recently, he was involved in pushing the definition of Agile to new levels at Yahoo! He is currently collaborating with organizations to steward the emergence of these Agile values and enable widespread adoption. Aaron Sanders writes extensively about Agile in his blog, constant change.
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