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97 Things - Software Architect should know

I got a chance to search for the things that a software architect should be capable of and I came across the following link from O'Reilly.

http://architect.97things.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/97_Things_Every_Software_Architect_Should_Know_-_The_Book.

It has many topics and I first looked into "Architects must be hands on". It really impressed me. Thanks a lot to the author of that topic. I liked few points that I enlisted below.

- Architects should be bought into the team at the earliest part of the project.
- Architects should not sit in an ivory tower dictating the way forward.
- An architect is like an airline pilot, he might not look busy all of the time.
- Architect should have responsibility for the delivery and quality of the projects.

They gave clear picture on the roles of a software architect. There are two ultimate statements we can never miss. I copied them below.

(1)The project manager (co-pilot) performs the day-to-day management tasks leaving the architect free from the hassles of mundane tasks and people management.
(2)A good architect should be able to fulfill any of the positions within his team from wiring the network, and configuring the build process to writing the unit tests and running benchmarks.
Keep watching this BLOG. I am planning to be active towards topics on architectural & design concepts. Please share you comments an bring out the topics which we can brief here.

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