What distinguishes architecture from an engineering discipline? What separates a dull solution from one that expresses simplicity, clarity, grace, and beauty? At those times when functionality isn’t enough to delight the customers, what is that extra non-tangible element that inspires and moves us? The session will offer an alternative perspective into imagineering, designing and creating solutions.

1. If there was a school of
IT ARCHITECTURE
what would I learn there?

2. Can there be great craft without
ARTISTRY
and great art without
CRAFTSMANSHIP?

3. THOUGHTFUL
making of
things
USABLE

4. Based on
not the structure
WONDER,

5. MEMORABLE
FORGETTABLE

6. HISTORY
of IT Architecture

7. Studying history is the
shortest path to
WISDOM

8. WISDOM
Understanding of patterns
and meta-patterns so they
can be used in novel ways

9. D A T A
INFORMATION
KNOWLEDGE

10. Architecture is the only
property of interest
when reviewing
ANCIENTapplications or systems

11. ITARCHEOLOGY
The study of composition or
functional details about
an extinct IT system

12. Historically, architectural
endeavors express the
ZEITGEIST(the spirit of an age)

13. ANCIENT ERA
Acceptance of myth-
based truths, driven by
magic and wizardry

14. RAW
REFINED

15. CLASSICAL ERA
Ruling of order,
symmetry, frameworks
and reasoning

16. MEDIEVAL ERA
Dominance of
religion, dogmas and
canons of scripture

17. RENAISSANCEERA
Embracement of
art, beauty and crowd-
pleasing aesthetics

18. REAL
SIMULATED

19. MODERN ERA
Inclination to relativity
and scientific methods of
revealing the truth

20. FOUR LEVELS
of understanding and
conceptualization

21. LITERAL
Simple or direct
understanding of
meaning

22. METAPHORIC
Poetic or allegoric
understanding of hints

23. EMOTIONAL
MECHANICAL

24. ETHICAL
Comparative and political
recognition of contexts

25. MYSTICAL
Revelation of secrets
through inspiration

26. INEXPLICABLE
UNDERSTOOD

27. A proper IT system grows
NATURALLY
LOGICALLY
POETICALLY
out of all its conditions

28. SIMPLICITY
CLARITY
GRACE

29. PROCESS
of making
ARCHITECTURE

30. Architecture is the
TRANSLATION
of intent into technology

31. BUSINESS
TECHNOLOGY

32. AESTHETICSCritical reflection on
art, culture and nature.
Judgments of sentiments
and taste.

33. BUSINESS
TECHNOLOGY
AESTHETICS

34. BUSINESS
desires the right
FUNCTION

35. TECHNOLOGY
seeks the right
STRUCTURE

36. AESTHETICS
requires the right
APPEARANCE

37. FUNCTION
STRUCTURE
APPEARANCE

38. Business Analyst
cares most about
FUNCTION

39. Engineer cares
primarily about
STRUCTURE

40. Designer is focused
mostly on
APPEARANCE

41. Who cares about the right
BALANCE
of all three?

42. Architect
does, through
architecting
PROCESS

43. Requirements
ANALYSIS
Technical design

44. DESIGNconscious effort to create
something that is both
functional and
aesthetically pleasing

45. All architecture is
DESIGNNot all design is
architecture

46. Design all things by
considering them in their
LARGER
CONTEXT

47. An object in a COMPONENT
A component in a SYSTEM
A system in an ENTERPRISE
An enterprise in an INDUSTRY

48. Solutions Architect
Infrastructure Architect
Business Architect
Enterprise Architect

49. T h e m o r e y o u
UNDERSTAND
something, the less
INTERESTING
it is.

50. ARCHITECTS
versus
ENGINEERS

51. An engineer knows
EVERYTHING
about
ONE THING

52. An architect knows
SOMETHING
about
EVERYTHING

53. Who is asking
HOW?And who is asking
WHY?

54. UNEXPECTED
HABITUAL

55. Structural problems are
different from problems
of
EXISTENCE

56. It is nicer to join
THE PIRATES
than to join the navy

57. Who is the main
ENEMY
of IT Architecture?

58. Are ENGINEERS
the primeval evil as
they don’t understand
architecture?

59. NO, WE NEED BOTH!
Architects have head in
the cloud
Engineers keep feet on
the ground

60. ARCHVILLAIN
of architecture are
stencils, templates, guidanc
es and scaffoldings!

61. Stencils and templates
PREVENT
mistakes and disasters,
and lower the risk of failure

62. But what they assure in
its place is
MEDIOCRITY

63. It is not just what you don’t
know that
HURTS YOU
It is what you know that
JUST AIN’T SO.

64. Stencils and templates
spare you from
THINKING

65. Templates are not evil, they are
just frequently
MISUSED
resulting in mediocre solutions

66. RISKY
SAFE

67. The problem isnot that we
AIM TOO HIGH
and fail, but that we aim too
low and
S U C C E E D

68. Multiplicity of
possibilities can
drag the uneducated into
COMPLEXITY

69. Trying to solve every problem
results in
GENERIC
solutions that solve no
problems at all

70. The key is in
SIMPLICITY
and
SPECIFICITY

71. SIMPLE
COMPLICATED

72. STRATEGY
Seriously, why would
architects care about it?

73. Without a strategy,
ARCHITECTURE
can take you there.

74. STRATEGY
is profoundly
different from
TACTICS

75. Tactical questions:
HOW?
Strategic questions:
WHY?

76. HOW does it work?
HOW is it implemented?
HOW do I put it apart?

77. WHY is this needed?
WHY do they want it?
WHY are they satisfied?

78. BALANCE
Functional Requirements
Quality Attributes
vs.

79. Quality Attributes
Performance
Scalability
Reliability
Auditability
Manageability
Interoperability
Extensibility
Reusability
Usability
Accessibility
Security
Recoverability
Portability
Testability

80. ADAPTABILITY
BUILDABILITY
UNDERSTANDABILITY

81. WHOcan become an
ARCHITECT?

82. Wrong question!
Rather ask what are the
KEY SKILLS
of a good architect?

83. H o w i m p o r t a n t i s
ABSTRACT
THINKING
for good architecture?

84. Dealing with
AMBIGUITY
Lack of information, change of
direction, weak strategy

85. Ability to
COMMUNICATE
Listen, Argue, Rephrase, Propo
se, Bargain, Agree

86. DEMOCRATIC
AUTHORITATIAN

87. PERSONALITY
of an architect

88. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Attitudes
FUNCTIONS
Lifestyle

89. MBTI Functions
Sensing – iNtuition
Thinking - Feeling

90. INTUITION
Ability to acquire knowledge
without the inference of the
use of reason.

91. LOGIC
isusedtoprovesomethingexisting
INTUITION
isusedtodiscoversomethingnew

92. RADICAL
CONSERVATIVE

93. THINKING
Ability to MODEL the world
according to
objectives, plans, ends and

94. EMOTION
leads to action.
REASON
leads to conclusions.

95. The Sixteen MBTI types
ISTJ
11.6%
ISTP
5.4%
ESTP
4.3%
ESTJ
8.7%
ISFJ
13.8%
ISFP
8.8%
ESFP
8.5%
ESFJ
12.3%
INFJ
1.5%
INFP
4.3%
ENFP
8.1%
ENFJ
2.4%
INTJ
2.1%
INTP
3.3%
ENTP
3.2%
ENTJ
1.8%

96. Intuitive Thinkers
ISTJ
11.6%
ISTP
5.4%
ESTP
4.3%
ESTJ
8.7%
ISFJ
13.8%
ISFP
8.8%
ESFP
8.5%
ESFJ
12.3%
INFJ
1.5%
INFP
4.3%
ENFP
8.1%
ENFJ
2.4%
INTJ
2.1%
INTP
3.3%
ENTP
3.2%
ENTJ
1.8%

97. Intuitive
Thinkers:
of population

98. One in ten people has a
POTENTIAL
to become an IT architect

99. YOU DISAGREE?
That’s ok.
MBTI is just a model.

100. All models are
FLAWED
but some models are
USEFUL

101. ARCHITECTS
MODELS
do IT with