Software Architect's Handbook

Improving the breadth and depth of your knowledge

In Chapter 1, The Meaning of Software Architecture, we discussed having both breadth and depth of knowledge. Depth of knowledge refers to the extent of your expertise for a specific topic within a subject, while breadth of knowledge refers to the full scope of your expertise in a subject.

If you are playing the role of a software architect, you undoubtedly have some level of breadth and depth of knowledge. Continuous learning is not just about improving breadth or depth, it involves increasing both over time. There will be times when you want to focus on a particular topic to increase your depth of knowledge, while there will be other times when you will want to focus on increasing your depth ...