Architect Persona’s & Architecture – Demystified

1. Architect Persona’s & Architecture – Demystified S. Srinivasa Sivakumar Enterprise Architect, Microsoft Consulting Services

2. Warring…

3. Introduction….

4. What is next? ? • Is Architect role right for me? • What types of architects are there? • Where an I heading? • Where is there growth? • What are the options? Technical Roles

5. Session Theme 1 • Who is an architect? 2 • Architect’s persona’s 3 • Architect Career Path 4 • Technical Career Path

6. Who Is An Architect? Philippe Kruchten, Grady Booch, Kurt Bittner, and Rich Reitman derived and refined a definition of architecture based on work by Mary Shaw and David Garlan (Shaw and Garlan 1996). Their definition is: “Software architecture encompasses the set of significant decisions about the organization of a software system including the selection of the structural elements and their interfaces by which the system is composed; behavior as specified in collaboration among those elements; composition of these structural and behavioral elements into larger subsystems; and an architectural style that guides this organization. Software architecture also involves functionality, usability, resilience, performance, reuse, comprehensibility, economic and technology constraints, tradeoffs and aesthetic concerns.” • Technology person • Visionary • Understands Strategy • Understands Business Drivers • Understands Domain very well • Has knowledge of your organization’s products • Understands relevant technologies • Understands development processes & lifecycle • Has Modeling skills • Has a view of organizational politics • Understands consulting such as teaching, mentoring, presenting, etc • Providers leadership to the team • Able to set vision for the team • Able to motivate people • Able to build and work with teams • Has excellent written and oral communication skills An Architect is a,

7. Architect Persona’s

8. Architect Persona’s Mapping to Business Types Business Types

9. Application Architect 1 • Architecture • How deep the foundation has to be? • How many pillars are needed? • What are their sizes? • Which construction material to be used? • On what ratio material has to be mixed? • How would the home look? • What features would it have? • How the home will be secured? What type of security systems is needed? • Etc • Design • Structural design • Electrical design • Utility design • Interior design • Development • Construction of the home • Production • Hand over the property

10. Application Architect 1 Role Application Architect, Software Architect, Technology Architect Owns Overall application architecture and design. Understands Looks up to Works with Defines • Technical depth in one or two technologies • Requirements and Business Impact • Project Management • Resourcing • Scheduling • Timelines • Risk & Risk Mitigation • POC • Rapid Prototyping • Solution architect • Enterprise architect • Project Managers • Business Analyst’s • Designers • Developers • Testers • Infrastructure Architect • Defines Standards for • Application Design • UI • Coding • Coding Templates • Naming convention • Software Patterns • Security • etc Produces • Application architecture (includes layering – both physical & logical, interfaces with external systems, etc.) • High and low level design’s • Database Model & Design Recommended Read • Microsoft Application Architecture Guide, 2nd Editionfrom Microsoft Patterns & Practices (Available on MSDN)

11. Application Architect 1 Typical Application Architecture • Architecture • Layering – Presentation, Services, Business and Data Layers • Interfaces between layers • High availability of the layers • End to end application security • Design • Component design • Class Diagrams • Sequence Diagrams • etc • Services design • Entity design • Database design • Development • Application Development • Production • Go Live

12. Infrastructure Architect 2 • Architecture • Type of Soil needed? • How deep can we go on foundation? • Which road connects? • How would we get connected to the water line? • Etc • Design • Complying with structural, electrical, utility design, etc • External infrastructure connectivity with the internal design

13. Infrastructure Architect 2 Role IT Architect, Systems Architect, Security Architect, Network Architect Owns Overall infrastructure architecture and design with operational requirements. Understands Looks up to Works with Defines • Has good technical breath • Can work with heterogonous technologies • Resourcing • Scheduling • Timelines • Risk & Risk Mitigation • Solution architect • Enterprise architect • Application Architects • Project Managers • Business Analyst’s • Designers • Testers • Defines Standards for • Infrastructure Design • Component level interfaces • Naming convention for servers, objects, … • Security • Monitoring • Management • etc Produces • Manages and maintains infrastructure Risk • High and low level design’s for all the infrastructure components • Works with OEM vendors to mange integration challenges and risk Recommended Read • Windows Server System Reference Architecture (WSSRA) from Microsoft (Available on Microsoft Download Center)

14. Infrastructure Architect 2 Typical Infrastructure Architecture • Architecture • Understands the operational requirements • Authentication & authorization. • Standard file server solutions. • Security services (such as firewall and IDs). • User provisioning services • PC Life cycle Management • Explicit and tacit knowledge systems. • Communication and collaboration services. • Design • Security design • Network design • Storage design • Support (L1, L2, L3) design • Etc • Development • Aggregating multiple systems together

15. Solution Architect 3 • Architecture • How deep the foundation has to be? • How many pillars are needed? • What are their sizes? • Which construction material to be used? • On what ratio material has to be mixed? • How would the home look? • What features would it have? • How the home will be secured? What type of security systems is needed? • Etc • Design • Structural design • Electrical design • Utility design • Interior design • Development • Construction of the home • Production • Hand over the property

16. Solution Architect 3 Role Information Architect, Integration Architect, Data Architect, Service Architect, Cloud Architect Owns Overall solution architecture and design. Understands Looks up to Works with Defines • Technical depth in one or two technologies • Has good technical breath (both Applications & Infrastructure) • Can work with heterogonous technologies • Architectural Trade-Off Matrix • Enterprise architect • Project Managers • Business Analyst’s • Designers • Developers • Testers • Application Architects • Infrastructure Architects • Defines Standards for • Solution Design • Common UI for solution • Software & Integration Patterns • End to end Security • etc Produces • Solution architecture (includes hardware, software, applications, infrastructure, etc.) • Sizing & Capacity planning • Bill of Material & Pricing Recommended Read • Software Systems Architecture: Working With Stakeholders Using Viewpoints and Perspectives by Nick Rozanski

17. Solution Architect 3 Typical Solution Architecture * From Bredemeyer • Architecture • Layering – Presentation, Services, Business and Data Layers • Interfaces between layers • Design • Structural design • Electrical design • Utilitydesign • Interior design • Development • Construction of the home • Production • Hand over the property

18. Enterprise Architect 4 • Architecture • How well my organization is running? • How many people are living? • How much land, water, air needed? • How clean is the natural resources? • Is my organization runs with in the corporate governance policy? • Design • Organization design • Electrical design • Utility design • Etc

19. Enterprise Architect 4 Role Business Architect, Strategic Architect, Chief Architect Owns Overall organization architecture and design Understands Looks up to Works with Defines • Has good technical breath (Apps, Infra, network, etc) • Can work with heterogonous technologies • Understands the domain well • Regulatory compliance • Culture of the organization • CIO • CTO • Board • Application Architects • Solution Architects • Infrastructure Architects • OEM vendors • Project Managers • Business Analyst’s • Defines Standards for • Application and infrastructure portfolio • TCO of IT • Common Looks and feel for solutions • Data Governance and Policies • DR & BCP • Compliance Fx • etc Produces • Creates and runs “Architecture Review & Governance Board” • TCO planning and modeling • Application & infrastructure lifecycle management Recommended Read • Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution by Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill and David Robertson

20. Enterprise Architect 4 EA Process • Driven by Business Strategy • CIO Creates multiple initiatives • Works with CIO/CTO creates the IT Strategy • Priorities the initiatives across business priority, cost and value • Drives initiatives with Solution & Infrastructure architects • Provides the governance

21. Enterprise Architect 4 Enterprise Architecture Frameworks • Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF):http://www.gao.gov/bestpractices/bpeaguide.pdf • Department of Defence Architecture Framework (DoDAF):http://cio-nii.defense.gov/docs/DoDAF_Volume_II.pdf • Zachman Framework:http://www.zifa.com/framework.html • TOGAF from Open Group • Gartner Enterprise Architect Framework • Microsoft Business Architecture

22. Enterprise Architect 4 Enterprise Architect Value Model High Low Organization Maturity Enterprise Architect CIO High Business Highly Technical

23. Domain Architect 5 • Architecture • How my product/solution will help my customers? • Does it address regulatory compliance • Who are the competitors in the market with similar solutions? • What are the delta advantages of our product with competitions? • Are these positive or negative? • To become positive, what would be the cost? • What would be the ROI? • Etc • Design • Structural design • Electrical design • Utility design • Development • Construction of the product/solution • Production • Presales, Sale of the solution and Deployment

24. Certifications Enterprise Architecture Frameworks • Enterprise Architecture • Zackman • TOGAF 9 (Latest) • Solution Architecture • IT Architect Certification Program from Open Group • Certified IT Architect – Professional from IASA

25. Technical Career Path CIO, CTO Business Enterprise Architect Solutions Architect Application Architect Infrastructure Architect Technical Roles Developers, Programmers, IT Administrators, IT Support, etc Technical

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