As Agile is introduced into an organization, it sometimes brings about perceptions of increased speed and reduced efforts regarded as “red tape”.
While it can be said that the Agile process brings about more discipline through its ceremonies and cultural values, it becomes easier for teams to get a little reckless.
With many teams off scurrying to do their next new “MVP” or to meet their new sprint goal, these missions of value may have future consequences if not appropriately managed through oversight and governance processes.
This is usually where portfolio management and architecture step in, the trouble is that under non-agile delivery methods such as waterfall, these functions were very lengthy and cumbersome.
Too much architecture and you may break agile. Too much agility and you may destroy your architecture.
Organizations will need to figure out best practices for all functions to deliver value and speed – keeping things in moderation.