The Power of Gray in Architectural Credibility

by Mike Rosen

A little over a year ago, I wrote an Advisor called "Should Your Architect Write Code?" (29 November 2006). In it, I gave the typical consultant's answer: "it depends." Each organization is different, and each has more or less different requirements for their architects. Many argue that for architects to be effective with development teams (especially an agile one), they need to get their hands dirty helping to write the code. Moreover, I've certainly seen this work well in organizations that equate IT architecture with software architecture.

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The Power of Gray in Architectural Credibility2 April 2008