Types of Architects and Their Focus
Technology is constantly evolving. The product and user expectations evolve, so the architecture grows in complexity too. Many new things will need to be considered all the time when building solid products. Considering this situation, how many types of architects do we have, and how are they different from each other? Why do we need to have them categorized this way and why can’t one person take care of everything architecture-related?
The amount of knowledge and expertise needed in software development is immense and it is unrealistic to expect one person to handle it all. This is why, as in other domains, we need specialization, just as we don’t have one professor to cover the entire curriculum. So, we need architects with an area of focus and specialization to get the best results. When you focus on too many things at once, it’s easy to make mistakes, be less productive, and fail.
While some architects are more strategically...