Who's the Architect? Credential Provisioning. Network Access. Directory Services. Authentication, Authorization and Accounting. Federation.

4. Who’s the
Architect?

7. Credential Provisioning
Network Access
Directory Services
Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
Federation
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Data Access Strategy
Application Layering
Architectural Description
Architecture Styles
Architecture Viewpoint and Views
Asset Management Systems
Business Strategy Identification
Gap Analysis
Identifying De Facto Technology and Business
Direction
Technology Strategy Evolution Approach Definition
Business-Technology Strategy Rationalization
Industry Vertical Capability Perspective
Strategy Canvas Methods
Business Capability Mapping
Business Considerations
Business Community Organizational Aspects
Business Fundamentals
Business Intelligence
BPE & BPM
Opportunity Cost and Value
Return on Investment Calculation
Total Cost of Ownership
Viability Assessment
Business Valuation
Business-Technology Strategy
Capability Development, Training and Management
Capability Mix Identification
Scaling Solutions
Capacity Planning
Change Control
Source Control Systems
Database Management
Intranet and Internet Services
Common Application Services
Compliance: Audits, Certification and Regulation
Conflict Management
Schedule/Effort Estimation
Crisis Management
Customer Information and Relationship
Management (CIM/CRM)
Customer Relations
Dependency Identification and Management
Design Diagram
Design Methodologies including review
Design Skills
Development and Build Environments
Client Management
Device Management
Server Management
Storage Management
Domain-Specific Languages
End-to-End (E2E) Test Design and Implementation
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Engineering
Governance Frameworks
Governance Methodologies
Governance Policies
Tool Identification
Human Dynamics
Balancing and Optimizing Design Attributes
Quality Attributes for Post Deployment
Balancing and Optimizing Quality Attributes
Quality Attribute Impact Across Domains
Quality Attributes for Delivery and Packaging
Implementing Quality Attributes
Implementing the User Experience
User Interface Options
Visualization
Web Portals
Standards
Major Vendors and System Integrators
Technology Industry Trending
Tool and Solution Categorization
Competitive Landscape
Industry Vertical Awareness
Technologies
Data Modeling
Data Transformation
Data Warehousing
Product Architecture Management
Context in Design
Cost Estimation and Tracking
Release and Capacity Management
Information Architecture Strategy
Operations Frameworks
Metadata Management
Infrastructure Concerns in Solutions Architecture
Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) Optimization Techniques
Information Architecture
Organizational Dynamics
Infrastructure Architecture
Anti-Patterns
Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) and
Design Patterns
Modeling Tools
Effective Questioning
IT Environment
Listening Skills
Knowledge Management
Meeting Skills
Coaching and Inspiring
Performance, Extensibility, Flexibility
Leadership Strategy
Personalization
Thought Leadership
User Profile and Relationship Design
Leadership
Relationship/Power Map
Internationalization issues
Interpersonal Dynamics
Localization
Politics
Mainframe Development and Design
Team Participation
Maintenance and Support
Visual and Diagrammatic Communications
Incident Response
Presentation , verbal and writing skills
Service Level Agreements (SLA)
programming
Manageability, Maintainability and Supportability
Programming Language Considerations
Mentorship
Proof of Concept Design
Messaging (protocols ,standards, technologies
Prototyping
Transports
Auditing
Mobile Platforms and Frameworks
Quality Attributes
Monitoring Quality Attributes
Reliability, Availability, Scalability
Persuasion
Analysis and Opportunity Identification
Negotiation Skills
Automation and Tooling
Network Design
Current Business Evaluation
Network Devices and Appliances
Process Identification and Cataloging
Network Protocols
Refactoring
Routing, Load Balancing and Traffic Prioritization
Building Blocks of Design
Network Management Tools
Security Attributes
Alerting, Operations Support and Dashboards
Selling Skills
System Management and Services Related Tools
Application and Service Management
Service Change Management
Automated Policy Application
Operational Management
Component Architecture
Operations Methodologies
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Requirements and Constraints Analysis
Event Driven Architecture
Requirements Analysis as a Design Skill
Service Orientation
Resource Balancing and Management
Service Network
Frameworks, Components, Reference Implementations,Understanding Perspective
Products, and Systems
Adaptation
HPC Computing
Solution Architecture
Stakeholder Definition
Solution Architecture Methodologies
System’s theory
Distributed Computing

8. The role of the architect
Yeah – but a better analogy is
Advocate
Explorer
Designer
From Ron Jacobs

9. The Role of the Architect – take II
Designer
Renaissance Man
Visionary & Leader
Mentor

10. Software architecture is…
what the software architect does

11. • collection of the fundamental decisions about a software
product/solution designed to meet the project‘s quality
attributes
• Includes the main components, their main attributes, and their
collaboration
• expressed in several levels of abstraction (depending on the
project's size).
• Architecture is communicated from multiple viewpoints
• Tradeoffs are made explicit

13. Stakeholders
Quality
Attributes
Constraints
Principles
Community
experience
Architect
Patterns &
Anti-patterns
Technology
Architecture

14. 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 world
but 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