Abstract :
Architects provide those system qualities as values to their customers, communicating and implementing them in close cooperation with developers. In this way, architects also can and should play an important role in agile development projects. As a service to application developers, architects participate in coding activities and sustain the architecture´s effectiveness throughout a project´s lifetime.
Keywords :
encoding; software architecture; software development management; agile development projects; application developers; architects; coding activities; service providers; system qualities; agile development; development teams; management; software architecture; software engineering; software engineering process; software process models;