{"id":13560,"date":"2014-06-03T16:00:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T16:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/agile-architecture\/"},"modified":"2020-03-31T02:40:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T02:40:28","slug":"agile-architecture","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/30261\/agile-architecture","title":{"rendered":"Agile Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_agile_architecture_mean\">What Does Agile Architecture Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Agile architecture is the process of building the foundational architecture or model of an application, system or technology using an agile framework technique or approach.<\/p>\n<p>It calls for modeling, developing and constantly evolving the architecture of an IT component, system or infrastructure from the ground up, using agile techniques.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_agile_architecture\">Techopedia Explains Agile Architecture<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Agile architecture primarily enables the creation of a model for an IT system that later serves as a blueprint for developing or deploying it. 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