Chapter 1
Why Software Architecture Is More Important than Ever
Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.
—Mark Twain
While the goal of architecture remains to deliver business value, the increasing speed of delivery expected from information technology (IT) practitioners within enterprises presents new challenges. At the same time, the ease-of-use and 24/7 expectations of end users are being driven by the overwhelming expansion of technology in our daily lives—we have moved from PCs to tablets to smartphones to wearable technology. Computers have crawled out of the labs and are now nestled in our pockets. They are almost always connected to each other, and their capabilities are surpassing our wildest expectations. Today’s software ...
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