Duties of a Software & Solution Architect

What does it mean to be a software architect? How about a solution architect? There are as many opinions as definitions of software architecture. It is clear that a software architect is not simply a senior software engineer. Responsibilities of a software architect cover a wide array of skills outside of technical field of knowledge. The listing below is a series of opinion pieces by various bloggers and web sites on the definition of a software and solution architects.

• An Overly Long Guide to Being A Software Architect David Ing
• What does the Solutions Architect career path look like? Mark Baciak
• Anatomy of a Software Development Role: Solution Architect Robert Bogue (developer.com)
• Responsibilities of a Software Architect SoftwareArchitectures.com
• What are the Duties, Skills, etc. of a Chief Software Architect? (previous page) SEI
• WWISA view WWISA

Additional sources will be added to this post in the near future, including Microsoft’s definition. This is only a start. Add your definition or reference source.

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