Software Architect's Handbook

Ivory tower software architects

If you find yourself in the role of a software architect, you are going to want to avoid being an ivory tower architect. A software architect who is in an ivory tower refers to one who, either by how they approach their position or because of how an organization works, is isolated from others.

If a software architect is working from an ivory tower, they may be creating an architecture based on a perfect-world environment that really doesn't reflect real scenarios. In addition, they may not be working closely with the developers who will be creating implementations based on the architecture.

The more that a software architect works on their own, isolated from stakeholders and other developers, the more likely ...