Software Architect

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents at a Glance
Contents
Introduction: Software Architect, Who Are You?
You Promote Institutional Culture
Become an Agent of Cultural Transformation
Contribute, Do Not Follow
Further Reading
You’re an Astute Strategist
Adopt an Effective Outside-In Strategy to Deliver Synthesized Software Architecture Solutions
Align Software Architecture Strategies with Organizational Imperatives
Further Reading
You’re a Gifted Leader
Tolerate Errors and Stay Open to Technological Experiences
Build a Circle of Trustful Followers by Uplifting Their Spirits
Further Reading
You’re an Instrumental Solution Provider
Promote Business Growth Through Modern Technological Solutions
Provide Solutions Within the Boundaries of Your Software Architecture Expertise
Understand the Scope of Your Technological Solutions
Further Reading
You’re an Integrator Par Excellence
Connect the Dots
Integrate Software in a Three-Dimensional Software Architecture Environment
Mitigate Risks in a Quantum Software Architecture Ecosystem
Further Reading
You’re Domain-Driven
Align the Orbit of Your Software Architecture Solutions with Organizational Domains
Delineate the Scope of Your Software Architecture Solutions
Further Reading
You’re Socially Driven
Leverage the Contribution of Social Intelligence to Your Software Architecture Career
Follow a Simple Process to Leverage Your Software Architecture Social Intelligence Skills
Further Reading
You’re Career-Driven
Carve Out a Software Architecture Career Strategy
Software Architecture Career Strategy Perspectives
Further Reading
You Trust Your Innate Talents
Employ Innate Traits to Advance Business and Technological Missions
Avoid Self-Induced Software Architecture Blindness
Further Reading
Part 1 Software Architect Capability Model
Chapter 1 Software Architect Capability Model
Software Architect Capability Model: Benefits
How Should Organizations Utilize the Software Architect Capability Model?
Why Create a Personal Software Architect Capability Model?
Rudimentary Guiding Principles
Software Architect Capability Model Creation Process
Requirements Drive Architecture Solutions
Requirements Issued by Problem and Solution Domain Entities
How Do the Problem and Solution Domains Collaborate?
Important Facts to Remember
Create a Software Architect Capability Model in Five Steps
Step 1: Provide Requirements and Specifications
Business Requirements
Technical Specifications
Ensure Clear Requirements
Step 2: Identify Software Architecture Practices
Establish Architecture Practices
Step 3: Establish Software Architecture Disciplines
Apply Architecture Disciplines to Architecture Practices
Applying Disciplines to the Application Architecture Practice
Applying Disciplines for the Data Architecture Practice
Step 4: Add Software Architecture Deliverables
About Software Architecture Deliverables
Add the Deliverables Section
Step 5: Quantify Skill Competencies
Quantifying Architecture Skills
Measuring the Application Architect Skill Levels
Measuring Data Architect Skill Levels
Skill Competency Patterns for Architects
How Can Organizations Utilize the Skill Competency Pattern?
How an Individual Can Utilize the Skill Competency Pattern
Interview Questions
Part 2 Software Architecture Career Planning
Chapter 2 Types of Software Architects
Business Needs for Technological Solutions
Business Needs for Software Architecture: Strategic Collaboration
How Does Software Architecture Respond to Business Needs?
Business Needs for Software Architecture: Technological Mediation
How Could Technological Mediation Efforts Be Utilized?
Business Needs for Software Architecture: Technological Implementation
How Does the Implementation of Software Products Meet Business Needs?
Organizational Leading Software Architect Levels
Ranking Leading Software Architects
Collaboration Hierarchy of Leading Software Architects
Level I: Enterprise Architect Responsibilities
Enterprise Architect Summary of Responsibilities
Enterprise Architect Responsibility Table
Level II: Solution Architect Responsibilities
Solution Architect Summary of Responsibilities
Solution Architect Responsibility Table
Level III: Application Architect Responsibilities
Application Architect Summary of Responsibilities
Application Architect Responsibilities Table
Comparing Responsibilities of Leading Software Architects
Types of Domain Software Architects
Data Architect
Data Architect Summary of Responsibilities
Data Architect Responsibilities Table
Cloud Architect
Cloud Architect Summary of Responsibilities
Cloud Architect Responsibilities Table
Security Architect
Security Architect Summary of Responsibilities
Security Architect Responsibilities Table
Business Architect
Business Architect Summary of Responsibilities
Business Architect Responsibilities Table
Collaboration Between Leading Software Architects and Domain Software Architects
Use Case I: Collaboration Between an Application Architect and a Data Architect
Application Architect and Data Architect Collaboration Table
Use Case II: Solution Architect and Security Architect
Solution Architect and Security Architect Collaboration Table
Use Case III: Business Architect and Enterprise Architect Collaboration
Business Architect and Enterprise Architect Collaboration Table
Chapter 3 Career Planning for Software Architects: A Winning Strategy
Software Architecture Career Planning Process
Career Planning Step 1: Conduct Self-Discovery
Discovery of Technological and Social Talents
Career Planning Self-DiscoverySubjects
Career Planning Step 2: Pursue Research
Formal Education, Training, and Certification
Employment Opportunities and Interviews
Subjects of Research
Career Planning Step 3: Devise an Approach
Setting Software Architecture Career Goals
Setting Software Architecture Career Milestones
Decision-Making
Action Planning
Career Planning Step 4: Plan Career Execution
Use Case I: A Software Architecture Career Execution Plan with Alternative Tasks
Use Case II: Optimized Software Architecture Execution Plan
Self-Discovery Process: The Six Ws
The “Why”
The “Who”
The “What”
Self-Discovery Questions for Software Architecture Candidates
Self-Discovery Queries for Software Architects
The “Where”
The “When”
The “How”
“How” Self-Queries for Software Architecture Applicants
“How” Self-Questions for Practicing Software Architects
Carving a Software Architecture Career Path
The 4D Software Architecture Career Perspectives
Social-Driven Career Perspective
Social-Driven Career Chart
Carve Out a Social-DrivenCareer Chart
Social-Driven Career Path
Create a Social-Driven Career Path
Technology-Driven Career Perspective
Technology-Driven Career Chart
Create a Technology-Driven Career Chart
Technical-Driven Career Path
Develop a Technical-Driven Career Path
Leadership-Driven Career Perspective
Leadership-Driven Career Chart
Create a Leadership-Driven Career Chart
Leadership-Driven Career Path
Develop a Leadership-Driven Career Path
Strategy-Driven Career Perspective
Strategy-Driven Career Chart
Create a Strategy-Driven Career Chart
Strategy-Driven Career Path
Develop a Strategy-Driven Career Path
Chapter 4 Self-Assessment for Software Architects
Social Intelligence
Teamwork
Partnership
Self-consciousness
Communication
Networking
Soft Skills
Trust Building
Learning from Others
Negotiation
Self-presentation
Teleworking
Fellowship
Self-sufficiency
Handling Customer Relationships
Social Intelligence Skill Assessment
Software Architecture Practice
Software Architecture Strategy
Software Architecture Vision
Software Architecture Role
System Integration
Interoperability
Software Reuse
Distributed Architecture Model
Federated Architecture Model
Architecture Styles
Architecture and Design Patterns
Componentization
Software Architecture Frameworks
Software Development
Software Architecture Practice Skill Assessment
Leadership
Managing Time
Decision-Making
Problem-solving
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Responsibility and Accountability
Hiring Preferences
Creative Thinking
Critical Thinking
Being Proactive
Establishment of Trust
Administrative Duties
Coaching and Training
Team Building
Resolving Conflicts
Assessment of Leadership Competencies
Strategy
Software Architecture Strategy
Strategic Thinking
Problem Identification
Problem-solving
Abstraction
Generalization
Visualization
Software Design Approaches
Simplification
Analytical Capabilities
Influencing
Promoting Culture
Strategy Execution Plan
Assessment of Strategic Competencies
Part 3 Software Architecture Toolbox
Chapter 5 Employing Innate Talents to Provide Potent Organizational Solutions
Innate Skills Promote Software Architecture Effectiveness
Remember: Survival, Survival, Survival
Consequences of Failing to Invoke Innate Talents
Employ Chief Innate Talents to Become an Effective Software Architect
The Power of Creativity
The Benefits of Unleashing Software Architecture Creativity
Unleash the Power of Software Architecture Creativity
The Potency of Imagination
The Benefits of Harnessing Imagination
Unleash the Power of Imagination
Software Design Aesthetic
Technical Proficiency and Aesthetic Talents Drive Software Design
The Chief Contribution of Design Aesthetic Talents to Software Architecture
Curiosity Attributes
The Contribution of Curiosity to Software Architecture
The Influencing Facets of Curiosity on Software Architecture Practices
Chapter 6 Software Architecture Environment Construction
Benefits of the Software Architecture Environment Construction Discipline
Must Haves: Problem Statements and Requirements
Never Start a Software Design Project Without Understanding the Problems
Never Start a Software Design Project Without Requirements
Software Architecture Structures
Micro Level: Multidimensional Structures of Software Implementations
Macro Level: 3D Software Architecture Environment Structure
Software Architecture Environment: Driven by an Uncontrolled Quantum Landscape Behavior
Software Architecture Environment: An Intelligent Topological Space
Deformation Aspects of a Multidimensional Software Architecture Environment
Entanglement Effects in a Software Architecture Environment
Software Architecture Environment Forces Drive Software Behavior
Probability Assessment of Software Operations and Behavior
Software Architecture Environment Positive and Negative Forces
Software Architecture Environment Gravitational Forces
The Impetus for Granting Software Architecture Gravitational Powers to Software Implementations
Software Architecture Gravitational Force Intensity
The Cost of Unbalanced Software Architecture Environment Gravitational Forces
Competing Software Architecture Environment Forces
Software Architecture Environment: A Survival Game Space
Maintaining a Pragmatic Balance Between Competing Software Architecture Forces
Mitigating the Competing Forces Challenge
Software Architecture Environment Harmonizing and Disharmonizing Forces
Chief Properties of Harmonizing Forces in a Software Architecture Environment
Chief Properties of Disharmonizing Forces in a Software Architecture Environment
Genetic Encoding of a Software Architecture Environment
Difficulties of Restructuring a Software Architecture Environment
Encoding a Software Architecture Environment
Influences on Social, Behavioral, and Business Goals
Software Architecture Environment Construction Life Cycle
Software Architecture Environment Construction Process
Creating a Software Architecture Environment Construction Balance Table
Software Architecture Environment Construction Design Activities
Use Case I: Software Architecture Environment Composition and Decomposition Design Activities
Design-Timevs. Runtime Environment Composition and Decomposition Design Activities
Composition and Decomposition Design Methods
Composition and Decomposition Process Outline
Use Case II: Software Architecture Environment Integration and Disintegration Design Activities
When to Apply Integration and Disintegration Design Activities
Integration and Disintegration Design Methods
Integration and Disintegration Process Outline
Use Case III: Software Architecture Environment Centralization and Decentralization Design Activities
When to Employ the Software Environment Centralization and Decentralization Design Activities
Centralization and Decentralization Design Methods
Software Architecture Environment Centralization and Decentralization Process Outline
Use Case IV: Software Architecture Environment Elasticity and Inelasticity Design Activities
When to Employ Elasticity and Inelasticity Design Activities
Elasticity and Inelasticity Design Methods
Software Architecture Elasticity and Inelasticity Design Process Outline
Use Case V: Software Architecture Environment Synchronization and Desynchronization Design Activities
When to Employ Environment Synchronization and Desynchronization Design Activities
Environment Synchronization and Desynchronization Design Methods
Software Architecture Environment Synchronization and Desynchronization Design Process Outline
Construction Laws of a Software Architecture Environment
Best Practices for Software Architecture Environment Construction
Chapter 7 Structural Construction of Software Implementations in Multidimensional Environments
Software Architecture Solids: Rudimentary Geometrical Design Structures
Atomic Solid
Composite Solid
Monolithic Solid
Interface Solid
Pipe Solid
Inclusive Utilization of Pipe Solids
Exclusive Utilization of Pipe Solids
Internal Utilization of Pipe Solids
Data Solid
Software Architecture Solids’ Attribute Summary
Software Architecture Dimensional Model
Software Architecture: Zero Dimension
Software Architecture: One Dimension
Software Architecture: Two Dimensions
What Impacts the Length and Width Dimensions of a 2D Software Structure?
Software Architecture: Three Dimensions
Volumes of 3D Software Structures
Increase in Software Architecture Level of Specificity in a 3D Computing World
Software Population Sustainability in an Architecture Environment Space: A Capacity Planning Challenge
Comparative Perspectives in a Software Architecture Space
3D Software Structures in a Software Architecture Computing Space
The Impetus for Establishing a 3D Software Architecture Space
Chief Features of Software Architecture Computing Space
Influences of Software Structures on Software Architecture Computing Space
Relative Positions in a 3D Software Architecture Computing Space
Coordinate Axes: Skeleton of a Software Architecture Computing Space
Software Architecture Computing Space Logical Coordinate System
Cardinal and Intercardinal Physical Directions in Software Architecture Computing Space
Applying Cardinal and Intercardinal Directions to Software Architecture Computing Space
Marrying a Logical Coordinate System with Cardinal and Intercardinal Physical Directions System
Leveraging the Z-Axisto Create Floors in a Software Architecture Computing Space
Distribution Styles of 3D Software Implementations in an Architecture Computing Space
Federated Distribution Style
Flooring Distribution Style
Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Distribution Styles
Symmetrical Distribution Style
Asymmetrical Distribution Style
Construction Life Cycle of Software Implementations
Software Construction Process
Creating a Software Construction Balance Table
Software Construction Design Activities
Use Case I: Thicken and Contract Design Activities
When to Apply Thicken and Contract Design Activities
Thicken and Contract Design Methods
Software Structure Thickening and Contracting Process Outline
Use Case II: Lengthen and Shorten Design Activities
When to Apply the Lengthen and Shorten Design Activities
Lengthen and Shorten Design Methods
Software Structure Lengthening and Shortening Process Outline
Use Case III: Layer and Delayer Design Activities
When to Apply Layer and Delayer Design Activities
Layer and Delayer Design Methods
Layer and Delayer Process Outline
Governing Laws for Software Construction in a 3D Computing World
Best Practices for Constructing Software Implementations
Part 4 Software Architecture Interview Preparations
Chapter 8 Preparing for a Software Architecture Interview: A Winning Strategy
Software Architecture Job Interview Strategy
Preparing a Job Interview Defense Plan
Preparing a Job Interview Attack Plan
Software Architecture Job Interview Preparation Model
Software Architecture Job Interview Defense Plan
Study and Analyze the Job Description
Start with Identifying the Scope of the Software Architecture Job Requirements
Dive Deep into the Software Architect Job Description
Start with Analyzing the Summary Portion of the Job Requirements
Create a Findings Table Version I for the Job Description
Next, Analyze the Responsibilities Portion of the Job Requirements
Then, Update the Findings Table Version II of the Job Description
Last, Analyze the Software Architect Skills Portion of the Job Requirements
Do Not Forget to Update the Findings Table of the Job Description
Create a Software Architect Skill Competency Model for the Job Description
Skill Competency Model’s Requirements and Practices
Skill Competency Model’s Disciplines
Design Discipline’s Deliverables
Cybersecurity Discipline Deliverables
Products Selection and Evaluation Discipline’s Deliverables
SDLC Discipline’s Deliverables
The Competency Part of the Skill Competency Model
Discover the Personal Knowledge Gap Before Attending a Job Interview
Assess Whether the Next Software Architecture Job Is a Strategic Career Move
Conduct a Software Architecture Mock Interview
Prepare a Software Architecture Interview Cheat Sheet
Prepare for Possible Software Architecture Interview Questions
Software Architecture Job Interview Attack Plan
Study the Hiring Organization’s Business
Start by Finding Information About the Hiring Organization
Leveraging Business Knowledge During an Interview
Understand the Business Model
Get Familiar with the Hiring Company’s Culture
Conduct a Quick SWOT Analysis
Understand the Hiring Organization’s Technology
Technological Information Sources
Discover the Environment’s Technology Stack
Learn About the Development Technology Stack
Study the Applications
Identify Specific IT Projects
Demonstrate Enterprise Architecture Knowledge of the Hiring Organization
Adopt Software Architecture Lingo
Use Design Patterns Vocabulary
Use the Software Architecture Guidelines Lingo to Communicate Solutions
Remember Software Architecture Tools
Classification of Software Architecture Tools
Especially Prepare for Architecture Visualization Tools Questions
Get Familiar with Software Architecture Analysis and Evaluation Methods
Be Aware of Early Architecture Evaluation Methods
Be Aware of Late Architecture Evaluation Methods
Talk About Software Architecture Analysis Standards
Chapter 9 An Outline for Software Architecture Job Interview Questions
Behavioral Questions
Communication
Interpersonal Relationships
Software Architecture Leadership
Skill Assessment Questions
Software Architecture Attributes Questions
Software Architecture LifeCycle Questions
Software Architecture Concepts Questions
Design Building Blocks Concepts
Employ Design Building Blocks Concepts to Depict Solutions
Prepare for the “How to Design” Interview Questions
Software Architecture Environment Concepts
Business Concepts
Consumer Concepts
Architecture Style, Architecture Pattern, and Design Pattern Questions
Architecture Patterns vs. Design Patterns
Understand Architecture Styles
Remember Contextual Hierarchy of Patterns
Why Interviewers Ask Architecture and Design Pattern Questions
Prepare for Architecture and Design Pattern Questions
Problem-solving and decision-making Questions
Embrace the Software Architecture Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Process
Identifying Business Problems
Attend to the Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Process
Prepare for Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Questions
Data-Related Questions
Focus on Data Aspects Related to Software Architecture
More Data-Related Interview Questions
Production Environment Questions
Characteristics of Software Architecture Environment Hosted in Production
Production Environment-Related Questions
Software Architecture Framework Questions
Focus on Array of Framework Contributions
Software Architecture Framework Questions
Index
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