Today I’m going to write about the role of the Software Architect.
I’m going to write about the responsibilities, skills, competences and the mindset.
A Software Architect is leading the project technically and so he communicates to all stakeholders and ensures the information flow.
He has to watch the consistency, having reviews and also the responsibility for implementing the requirements.
For sure the Software Architect has to bring his own design decisions.
To become a Software Architect you also have to have a lot of communications, analysis, networking and technical leadership skills.
Keep in mind that you’ll be a role model for the organization, so you have to come up with templates and coding guidelines, as head of R&D.
Also you should have different competences and knowledge.
Having experience in working as a Senior Developer and in modelling language design is necessary.
You should have a broad overview and see the big picture. Being good at writing will help you a lot, too.
Having a sense of the relevancy of a technology is elementary.
Be conscious that as a Software Architect you must be able to deal with high amount of complexity, that’s why you should have an urgent need to structure it.
Dmitrij
