Comments for Thoughts on Software & Integration Architecture from the TrenchesFind useful information, ideas, and provocative thoughts for your environment, projects, technologies, company, etc. The author has a broad range of IT experience including research, development, management, and now is a leading architect with enterprise responsibilities. Presented will be solutions, methods, challenges, short-comings to approaches and more which is useful for technologists and IT and general management.Comment by Ranjiva Prasad on Don't Kid Yourself- July 1, 2006 David, you're not alone in thinking about the role of an architect. I agree. An architect should be able to listen to what the technology is telling them, rather than use it. They should understand technology in terms of its capabilities and attributes i.e. the what, rather than its detailed workings i.e. the how. Of course, it is great if they know how to use the technology and know exactly how it works but in my experience, gaining this knowledge, usually occurs at the expense of not beinghttp://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/darmour/dont-kid... |