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1 THE WELL-ROUNDED

2 Who

3 Who #architect #author #developer #facilitator #leader #lifelong-learner tiny.cc/twtl tiny.cc/retros #coach #speaker

4 OUR JOURNEY What is an Architect? Failure Modes Elements of a good Architect The Well Rounded Architect

5 What is an Architect?

6 The Architect is a role

7 The Architect may not exist

8 The Architect could be played by multiple developers

9 The Architect not all developers can play the role (yet)

10 What is an Architect?

11 What is Architecture?

12 What is Architecture?

13 What is Architecture? All architecture is design but not all design is architecture Source: Grady Booch

14 What is Architecture? Architecture represents the significant design decisions that shape a system, where significant is measured by cost of change Source: Grady Booch

15 What is Architecture?

16 What is the releationship between an Architect and Architecture?

17 Architect Architecture

18 Architect Architecture Architects DECIDE ON architecture Architects ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR architecture Architects OWN architecture Architects NURTURE architecture

19 Architect Architecture Architects DECIDE ON architecture Architects ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR architecture Architects OWN architecture Architects NURTURE architecture

20 What is Architecture? All architecture is design but not all design is architecture Source: Grady Booch

21 What is an Architect? Elements of a good Architect

23 Communicator Leader Strategic Technologist Developer Entrepreneur Systems Focused

24 An effective Architect develops skills as a Leader

25 What happens without Technical Leadership?

26 5 persistence frameworks 3 automated test frameworks 5 parallel branches A hand-rolled source control system All on the same project

27 Think I m kidding?

@julianboot @thejayfields: I had ten guys on my last project, all of them had opinions and all of them

28 I had ten guys on my last project, all of them had opinions and all of them were expressed in the code base #speakerconf Source:

29 ?

31 The effective Architect as a good Leader shepherds everyone in the same direction

32 Communicator Leader Strategic Technologist Developer Entrepreneur Systems Focused

33 An effective Architect is also a good Developer

34 Developer decision loop feedback first hand observation experiencing the side-effects discovering system constraints

35 Developer

36 Developer

37 Communicator Leader Strategic Technologist Developer Entrepreneur Systems Focused

38 An effective Architect is Systems Focused

39 Systems Focused Build systems, not software

40 Systems Focused

41 Systems Focused

42 Systems Focused Software lives in a more complex ecosystem

43 Systems Focused Software lives in a more complex ecosystem

44 Communicator Leader Strategic Technologist Developer Entrepreneur Systems Focused

45 An effective Architect thinks like an Entrepreneur

46 Entrepreneur Benefit Cost

47 Communicator Leader Strategic Technologist Developer Entrepreneur Systems Focused

48 An effective Architect looks forward like a Strategic Technologist

49 Strategic Technologist ADOPT HOLD TRIAL ASSESS

50 Communicator Leader Strategic Technologist Developer Entrepreneur Systems Focused

51 An effective Architect must by a strong Communicator

52 Communicator DEVELOPMENT TEAM

53 Communicator blah blah REFACTORING blah blah COUPLING blah blah blah COHESION blah blah DOCKER blah blah CLOJURE blah CD blah DEVOPS blah DEVELOPMENT TEAM

54 Communicator blah blah REFACTORING blah MARKETING blah COUPLING blah blah blah PRODUCT COHESION blah blah DOCKER blah blah CLOJURE blah CD blah DEVOPS blah FINANCE MANAGEMENT

55 Communicator?? blah blah REFACTORING blah blah COUPLING blah blah blah COHESION blah blah DOCKER blah blah CLOJURE MARKETING? PRODUCT? blah CD blah DEVOPS blah FINANCE MANAGEMENT

56 Communicator?? blah blah REACH blah blah blah DIFFERENTIATOR blah blah MARKETING? PRODUCT? FINANCE MANAGEMENT

57 Communicator?? blah blah COST blah blah blah BENEFIT blah blah blah blah INVESTMENT blah MARKETING? PRODUCT? FINANCE MANAGEMENT

58 Communicator?? blah blah RISK blah blah blah RETURN blah blah blah OPPORTUNITY blah MARKETING? PRODUCT? FINANCE MANAGEMENT

59 Communicator s Outwards Diagrams Inwards Presentations Infodecks

60 Communicator Leader Strategic Technologist Developer Entrepreneur Systems Focused

61 What is an Architect? Failure Modes Elements of a good Architect

64 Dodgy Salesperson

65 Dodgy Salesperson Big ideas person Ideas never fully realised Resume driven development

68 Ivory Tower Architect

69 Ivory Tower Architect Unimplementable designs Better in theory than practice Fear of being redundant

72 Tinkerer

73 Tinkerer Ignored by the business Ignored by developers Drops code bombs

75 ADD Architect

76 ADD Architect Establishes technical projects Destroys trust with the business Big bang failure mode

77 What is an Architect? Failure Modes Elements of a good Architect The Well Rounded Architect

80 There is no right shape for a well rounded architect

81 BUT There is a minimum to be an effective one

82 Every architect will have different strengths

83 Every architect will have different strengths

85 Use the map to build your own journey

86 Industry leader 5 Well-known Capable Improving Just starting 1

87 Your current state

88 Your current state

89 Your current state Focus areas

90 THE WELL-ROUNDED

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