Software Architect's Handbook

Familiarity with general business topics

Having a competent and practical understanding of business and its terminology will be useful to you in becoming a complete architect. While your passion may be for technology, as a software architect you will benefit from business knowledge more than other roles, such as a software developer. Software architects need to interact with a variety of stakeholders, and understanding the language of business will ensure that you have a common understanding with them.

Ultimately, you are designing a software architecture that will fulfill business goals, and your understanding of business will guide you in that task. Having general business knowledge of topics such as finance, operations, management, and ...