Qualities of a Highly Effective Architect Keynote by Venkat Subramaniam

Many developers aspire to become architects. Some of us serve currently as architects while the rest of us may hope to become one some day. We all have worked with architects, some good, and some that could be better.
What are the traits of a good architect?
What are the skills and qualities we should pick to become a very good one?
Come to this presentation to learn about things that can make that journey to be a successful architect a pleasant one.
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., creator of agilelearner.com, and an instructional professor at the University of Houston. He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects. Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at agiledeveloper.com.

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Architect(What comes to mind) [0:48] "Who Needs an Architect?" Martin Fowler[2:36] 12 Qualities [3:12] Be a Mentor, Not a Tormentor [3:21] Nurturing is your professional responsibility [3:54] Knowledge is a wealth that grows when given [5:33] Criticize Ideas, Not People [6:23] Architecting is evaluating tradeoffs [7:09] Debating with Knives [8:37] Guide, don't dictate [10:42] You may discover things from this experience too [13:10] Practice Collective Ownership [12:22] Reduce Truck Factor [14:40] Allow Developers to Figure it out [16:49] It should be safe to be honest [19:24] Time box efforts [24:07] Focus on outcome, not process [24:34] Prototypes beat any arguments [26:37] Gain domain expertise [27:06] Extensible? [27:33] Three kinds of people [29:15] software / domain / both Learn to Unlearn [30:45] Learning is relatively easy when compared to unlearning [31:04] Unlearning is a deliberate activity [31:14] Diversify your Knowledge Portfolio[31:56] "one new language each year." [35:21] "more things learned less time need" [36:20] Learning happens in deltas [37:39] Lead by example [38:57] Architectural committee is where innovation goes to die [40:11] A Good Architect Practices what they Preach [42:21] Write Code [42:35] Avoid being a Powerpoint Architect [42:59] Every technical decision should have an expiration label [43:23] Evolve the Architecture [44:00] Mention % of confidence in the architecture [44:51] The confidence should increase with the knowledge [44:57] Use the tracer bullet approach [45:07] (conclusion 12) [45:39]

Thanks a lot! Good Man!

[@ImaginaryNumb3r]

"Be a Mentor, not a Tormentor" xD Venkat

[@aravindpogu]

Why I am crying with happiness? Thanks Venkat for your inspiring and motivating words.

[@jaykandari]

Software is not limited by physics like buildings are. It is limited by imagination, by design, by the organization. In short, it is limited by the properties of people, not by properties of the world. “We have met the enemy, and he is us.” 💯🤯👏 ~ Martin Fowler, ThoughtWorks

[@PaulSebastianM]

🤯

[@somecyberpunkstuff3531]

Amazing talk. Thanks Mr. Venkat.

[@zabeeng]

As always great wisdom shared by Venkat. Nothing really new in the talk but his delivery style that really enforces these nuggets so well.

[@sahilgupta5319]

Thanks Venkat. Because of people like you who love to share, our knowledge boost up :D

[@nO_d3N1AL]

Huge fan of Venkat's talks. I thought this was going to be a disappointment but glad I watched. Some good general life lessons here too

[@uoyebuttnuocca]

Never ceases to amaze with his talks, both technical and non technical. Such an asset for software industry.

[@SourabhBhat]

My learnings for life!

[@SauliusTheBlack]

The article by fowler: files.catwell.info/misc/mirror/2003-martin-fowler-who-needs-an-architect.pdf

[@alexandrerocha6840]

Venkat is the best!!

[@satishnagarajan9806]

You really rock. Especially the comments like , I used to code, powerpoint architects.

[@ChristofferNordvall]

Thanks for the unlearning idea. Didn't do that before. Mind blowing.

[@vinothselvaraj8005]

Great presentation sir!

[@caesarbala]

Eye opening talk 🥺👏

[@sathyagopal850]

Awesome

[@armenarz4062]

Perfect

[@vijayjayaram606]

God level 🙏🏼

[@sarathraj4090]

Nice session

[@johnf4269]

22:50 how can you get practical knowledge if you do not try things out and experiment? Most of ideas comes from other people work trough articles, stories and other publications, they inspire people.

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damn he really wearing the new yeezys

[@USONOFAV]

Most company architect only have soft skills with little technical knowledge.

[@soberhippie]

"Last night I debated my wife with knives... How do I dispose of a body?"

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