When we need to make decisions it is temping to interpret, favour, and recall information that conforms to pre-existing beliefs or hypotheses. This is universally known as ‘confirmation bias’ and if not left in check leads to faulty decision making […]
Architecture
An Architect Must Be A Fiduciary
Although they are not typically bound by a regulatory body, Enterprise and Solution Architects should always take on a fiduciary responsibility and commitment to the organizations they work and partner with — this especially goes for consultants, recruiters, and professional […]
Clearing up Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Confusion
As I work with different teams, there is often some confusion about what people mean when they say “DR”. Team discussions will delve into RPO, RTO, Backup, High Availability, and Business Continuity. Unfortunately, these concepts get mixed up and confused […]
Setting Yourself Up to Become a Solution Architect
There are a few different path’s I’ve seen people take to grow into architecture roles, and many people will grow into an architect role from more senior technical SME roles (senior developer, development leader, infrastructure leader, etc). It’s not always […]
Evaluating Solution Architect Competence – 10 Indicators
For solution architects to be effective and to succeed there are specific competencies that are crucial. These competencies become even more crucial as architects evolve from technical roles to solution architect, senior solution architect, and principal architect. Perhaps you are […]
Bad Security Practices Pushing the Citizenry into the Arms of Bad Actors (GC)
Over the last few weeks, my wife and I have been helping complete a Canadian tourist visa application for a family member. It’s long and it’s tedious but we expected that. We get to a point in the application process […]
The Project Manager and Solution Architect Relationship
Solution Architects and Project Managers work together and require good dynamics in order to be effective. There is no subordination in this relationship and the roles are complementary to each other. I’ve seen good dynamics, but I’ve also seen toxic […]
CQRS Performance Design Pattern Demystified
The command and query responsibility segregation (CQRS) pattern is a pattern that can be deployed as part of microservices and other architectures. This pattern is often overlooked by architects and development teams even though it is a well documented pattern. Even […]
Challenging previously held beliefs and moving forward with architectural “anti-patterns” in the enterprise
Nobody claims to like anti-patterns, and I certainly don’t like them. In fact, when it comes to architecture and solutioning, we identify them, make sure we understand why they are bad, and then we avoid them. We help others to […]
The Journey. A Story About Turning Business Requirements Into Solution Architecture.
In a previous article titled A Methodology for a Transparent and Traceable Solution Architecture, I outlined a methodology an architect can use to create a transparent and traceable solution architecture. This article will expand on that and will use a […]