Monday, November 17, 2003

Who Needs an Architect?



I think this is
a great, short read. It takes a crack at defining a taxonomy of the role of "architect"
and does a passable job of explaining why the term is so nebulous to begin with. The
dig at the AOP at the end didn't hurt my opinion of the piece, either. ;)



The last company I worked at called pretty much everyone
an architect. That always seemed weird. Now I have a better idea why.


3 comments:

  1. Very nice. I like the idea that a software architect should be someone who is trying to eliminate most of the "architecture". Twisted!

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  2. It "feels" right, though, doesn't it? Check out some of Don's SOA talks lately for his take on "just enough abstraction". I think you could say the same about architecture and come to the same conclusions as Fowler.

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  3. Oh I'm not disagreeing. I think the article is right on.

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