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Become an Architect for Your Team

On some teams, architect is an official team role. On other teams, there is no explicit role and teammates share the architect’s responsibilities. Some teams say they don’t have an architect, but if you look closely, someone is fulfilling the architect’s duties without realizing it.

Architects are leaders, but being a software architect also implies a person who thinks about software design in a certain way. No matter what the title on your business card reads (mine still reads software engineer, my choice), you can be a software architect. Every team has at least one architect. The best teams have several.

If your team doesn’t have an architect, congratulations, you’ve got the job! You don’t need permission ...