Path to Software Architect
Research and assessment inside a big legacy project is always a challenge and pain point. Architecture assessment is one of the architect’ consulting activities. Usually, we deal with huge old projects and should provide a result in a week or two.
How to assess projects with size 100k lines of code and even more in a week and bring real value for the client?
Technical leaders and senior developers often ask me about software architecture books and web sites should read to start working as Software Architect. On this level developer is mature enough to develop technical solution and need additional soft skills.
I hope this list will be useful for any technology stack and domain. Architecture books and web sites give general information about architecture patterns, working with documentation, approaches to get non-functional requirements and soft skills.
All this knowledge applicable to any programming language and teach stack.
Technical leaders and senior developers often ask me about software architecture books and web sites should read to start working as Software Architect. On this level developer is mature enough to develop technical solution and need additional soft skills.
I hope this list will be useful for any technology stack and domain. Architecture books and web sites give general information about architecture patterns, working with documentation, approaches to get non-functional requirements and soft skills.
All this knowledge applicable to any programming language and teach stack.
Software Development Life Cycle or SDLC is a methodology for developing software with rapidly changing requirements. Best practices and CDLC phases that should know any software developer.
Research and investigation inside a big legacy project is always a challenge and pain point. Architecture assessment is one of the Architect’ activities. Usually, we deal with huge old projects and should provide a result in a week or two.
How to assess projects with size 100k lines of code and more in a week and bring real value for the client?
Most architects and technical leaders facing so activity as architecture assessment. It could be a semi-formal process or separate service as it is in our company, nevertheless, probably most of you dealt with this.
Architecture refactoring and any other design and project refactoring is a painful topic. Refactoring profit is obvious for us – technical guys like architects and developers, but hard to sell and prove this idea to the client. The main reason: we technical guys don’t know how to talk with business guys.
This article we discuss, how to prepare your first client facing business trip. How to prepare your business travel package and all essential for success visit. For IT guys it could be pre-sale or discovery activity, but these rules are applicable for all roles and activities.
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