1. Balancing short-term versus long-term goals: Agile development typically focuses on delivering incremental value in the short-term, whereas architecture evolution often requires longer-term planning. Finding the balance between these two goals can be challenging.
2. Ensuring cross-team collaboration: In an agile environment, teams may be focused on their own short-term goals, which can make it difficult to ensure that architecture decisions are made collaboratively and with the bigger picture in mind.
3. Maintaining architectural consistency: With multiple teams and fast-paced development cycles, it can be difficult to ensure that architectural decisions are consistent across the entire organization.
4. Managing technical debt: Agile development often requires making quick decisions in order to deliver functionality quickly. This can lead to the accumulation of technical debt, which must be addressed in order to maintain a healthy architecture.
5. Adopting new technologies: As new technologies emerge, it can be challenging to integrate them into an existing architecture without disrupting existing systems. This requires careful planning and execution.
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