Who’s the Architect?

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Advocate

The role of the architect

From Ron Jacobs

Yeah – but a better analogy is

The Role of the Architect – take II

Designer

Renaissance Man

Visionary & Leader

Mentor

Software architecture is…

what the software architect does

• collection of the fundamental decisions about a software collection of the fundamental decisions about a software product/solution designed to meet the project‘s quality attributesproduct/solution designed to meet the project‘s quality attributes

• Includes the main components, their main attributes, and their Includes the main components, their main attributes, and their collaborationcollaboration

• expressed in several levels of abstraction (depending on the expressed in several levels of abstraction (depending on the project's size).project's size).

• Architecture is communicated from multiple viewpointsArchitecture is communicated from multiple viewpoints

• Tradeoffs are made explicitTradeoffs are made explicit

Architecture

Quality Attributes

Technology

Patterns & Anti-patterns

Principles

Community experience

Stakeholders

Architect

Constraints

The Tao of Software Architect

The architect doesn't talk, he acts.When this is done,the team says, "Amazing:we did it, all by ourselves!" (17)

The architect observes the worldbut trusts his inner vision.He allows things to come and go.His heart is open as the sky. (12)

By Philippe Kruchten - http://www.bredemeyer.com/tao_by_Kruchten.htm