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Agile software development is already widespread in the industry and has worked well in small project organizations. However, large-scale development in the form of roles and workflows is needed for large-scale development, especially in the area of software architecture. Software architecture, and more broadly Enterprise architecture, is critical to achieving the expected success of software projects and products. However, during agile software development, for example, Scrum, no positions are created in the team for Software architects. In this paper, we present the results of the analysis of frameworks that consider the position of Software architect, such as the SAFe method, where several positions of architects are created such as Enterprise architect, Chief architect, Administrative architect, Team architect, as well as frameworks in which the position of Software architect, for example, Scrum, is not officially created. In the second case, we examined the intersection of the activities of the Software architect with the Product owner. The results of the research show that Software architects play an important role during agile software development, despite the fact that in some agile approaches they are hidden in other position.
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Furda, R., Molnar, E., Greguš, M. (2022). Information Technology Architects in Agile Organizations. In: Kryvinska, N., Greguš, M. (eds) Developments in Information & Knowledge Management for Business Applications. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 420. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95813-8_7
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