The Importance of Architecture Vision

Scrum or not, you should have guessed by now that a good architecture vision is a key element in software development, even if you have to build it as you go.

With a clear architecture vision, something similar to what others call architecture intent, what happens is that the team may be somewhat slow at the start of the release or sprint. However, their velocity usually goes back up quite quickly and stays at a pretty good level as seen in Figure 6.2. This increases the team confidence and ability to perform over the long run.