Shaping and communicating architecture
Communication is not an optional soft skill for architectsit's essential to our success. We can have the most brilliant ideas, but if we're ineffective in communicating their value or if we can't obtain buy-in from our stakeholders, we won't be successful. Seth Dobbs shares a process for effectively shaping and communicating your solutions to different stakeholders.
| Talk Title | Shaping and communicating architecture |
| Speakers | Seth Dobbs (Bounteous) |
| Conference | O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference |
| Conf Tag | Engineering the Future of Software |
| Location | San Jose, California |
| Date | June 11-13, 2019 |
| URL | Talk Page |
| Slides | Talk Slides |
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Success as an architect comes from more than technical expertise and solid ideas. It’s a leadership role that requires effective communication to succeed, a challenge which is made more difficult by the ecosystem that the architect works in. We need to get input from and communicate our thoughts to a wide range of stakeholders, including business representatives, project managers, development team members, and designers. For architects and tech leads that have trouble getting their development team to buy into their approach, see the issues they bring to the business owner shot down, or experience a disconnect with the design team resulting in being given designs that can’t be built on time and on budget, Seth Dobbs gives you the tools and strategies to become a more effective communicator by discussing:
