Many people assume that agile methods mean an absence of design. Design still happens in agile projects, but it shifts from an up-front phase to a continual evolution. Design decisions should be left to the last responsible moment, but some design decisions do need to be made at the start of a project. At the last QCon, Martin Fowler explored this topic through a panel discussion of design in an agile context.
Watch: Modifiability, or is there any design in Agility (58 min)
This panel was recorded at the Architecture Qualities track at QCon London, there will also be an Architecture Quality track at QCon San Francisco in a few weeks. This topic was also explored in-depth in previous InfoQ Coverage including Are Agile Development Practices Detrimental to Architecture and Design, and Making Agile Methods and Enterprise Architecture Play Nice.
Watch: Modifiability, or is there any design in Agility (58 min)
This panel was recorded at the Architecture Qualities track at QCon London, there will also be an Architecture Quality track at QCon San Francisco in a few weeks. This topic was also explored in-depth in previous InfoQ Coverage including Are Agile Development Practices Detrimental to Architecture and Design, and Making Agile Methods and Enterprise Architecture Play Nice.