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Patterns to develop and evolve architecture during an agile software project

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Rebecca Wirfs-Brock,

Eduardo GuerraAuthors Info & Claims

PLoP '15: Proceedings of the 22nd Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs

Article No.: 9, Pages 1 - 18

Published: 24 October 2015 Publication History

Abstract

The design of the architecture during an agile project is an ongoing activity that takes place in all phases of a project lifecycle. It is important to continue to evolve the architecture in order to keep it suitable for the software system's current needs. This paper documents four patterns for working on and evolving a system's architecture using agile techniques.

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Patterns to develop and evolve architecture during an agile software project
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language features
        Patterns

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PLoP '15: Proceedings of the 22nd Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs

October 2015

430 pages

ISBN:9781941652039

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University of Porto/ParadigmaXis, Portugal

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