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Architecture and Agile Development

publish date: 2026/06/09 21:16:35.561039 UTC

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Which statement best describes the relationship between architectural design and agile development processes?

Agile processes never consider architecture, leaving it entirely to the implementation phase

Agile processes fully specify the architecture before writing any code

An early stage of agile development should establish an overall system architecture, since refactoring a system architecture is likely to be expensive

Architecture is not relevant in agile methods because components are refactored continuously

Correct Answer

An early stage of agile development should establish an overall system architecture, since refactoring a system architecture is likely to be expensive

Explanation

It is generally accepted that even in agile processes, an early stage of development should establish an overall system architecture. While refactoring components in response to changes is relatively easy, refactoring a system architecture is likely to be expensive.

Reference

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 10th edition

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