Where do architects fit on your software team? Is this a leadership position in your org?
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Chief Technology Officer in Education6 months ago
Architects play a vital role in designing and securing the software , we can say they have leadership position as they are involved from inception of the project till the maintenance and support .CTO in Banking6 months ago
Architects have a vital role in leading change within the software development lifecycle. They lead change in many aspects depending on the style (Enterprise, Solution, Data, Infrastructure), however the area they may lead will differ and the position they occupy in relation to the team. For instance, you may find a Solution Architect within a development team leading the design of the build. On the other hand you may find an Enterprise Architect providing guidance outside of the team as a dedicated function within the organisation. Further, it's also common to have a "Head of Enterprise Architecture" taking both a leadership and managerial role, often reporting to the CTO.
What is common is that by putting consideration to where different aspects of architecture fit into your organisation can add quality to the lifecycle and considerations around governance and both functional and non-functional concerns.
Chief Supply Chain Officer in Government6 months ago
The architect role in our organization is an advanced level within the position profile. It's not unique to software development. The architect is a role that provides technical leadership throughout the team.Field CTO in IT Services6 months ago
Architects operate at different levels in the organisation - I would argue that they are all leaders, however they may not necessarily all occupy senior positions in the org hierarchy.Enterprise architects are identifying and aligning technologies to capabilities in order to solve business and structure issues and opportunities, and working with C suite to align investment accordingly.
Domain architects are the SMEs in their chosen specialisation and identify and adopt given technologies to make them consumable by others in their org (think platforms)
Solution architects (or Architecture Owners) within agile teams - take the available componentry and use within their long lived products/solutions, provide feedback to the domain architects if there are missing or sub-optimal components, and they also provide technical direction and development to their engineers They should be practitioners coding and leading their teams.