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Architecture Competence
The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.
—Geoffrey Chaucer
If software architecture is worth doing, then surely it’s worth doing well. Most of the literature about architecture concentrates on the technical aspects. This is not surprising; it is a deeply technical discipline. But architectures are created by architects working in organizations that are full of actual human beings. Dealing with these humans is a decidedly nontechnical undertaking. What can be done to help architects, especially architects-in-training, be better at this important dimension of their job? And what can be done to help organizations do a better job of encouraging their architects to produce their best work?
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