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Monday, February 09, 2004

Architect Behavior Patterns

Inspired by my post on the types of architects, Michael has blogged on architect behavior: the Purist vs. the Realist. I leaned heavily to the purist side earlier in my career, but I have evolved to be more middle-of-the-road between the two. (note the use of the word "more" implying that I have not yet reached the middle-of-the-road).

Michael implied that I care about title and function more than behavior. Of course, no one has "Realist Architect" on their business card. I guess I'm wondering: if we asked this question on a survey (Are you a total purist, mostly purist, slightly purist, middle of the road, slightly realist, etc?) would anyone answer it?

Posted By at 5:08 PM Pacific Standard Time
Monday, February 09, 2004 8:19:43 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
Hmmm.... I get to pick my job title for my new job and you just helped me do it.

John Cavnar-Johnson,
Realist Architect
developerLabs
John Cavnar-Johnson
Tuesday, February 10, 2004 7:58:51 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
Realist - a purest would never accomplish anything...
Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:59:20 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
Jeff, I disagree. When teamed together, architects from each side (and the middle) work perfectly well together and can accomplish great things. So I must say that a purist _does_ accomplish a lot. In fact, it's the purist you want designing your API and the realist doing the code review and API usability studies.

Harry, I think my intent was to spearate the purpose of my entry from the purpose of yours by stating that it's a study of behavior rather than title and function as your entry does. I did not mean to imply that you didn't care. :) [removes foot from mouth]
Saturday, February 14, 2004 11:47:29 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
I've posted that survey you suggested...

http://extranet.cerkit.com/Architects/Lists/Architect%20Type/overview.aspx
Saturday, February 14, 2004 9:49:47 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
I goofed. Sharepoint was not designed to allow anonymous users to post survey responses. In addition, I don't think my dev license for Sharepoint covers this use case.

I've rewritten the survey in ASP.NET.

http://extranet.cerkit.com/Architects/

Sorry for the goof-up.
Wednesday, February 18, 2004 4:19:49 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
Realist. If I was a purist I would pontificate about the merits of that position, but I am a realist and I know it would probably not get read.
shawn.w.freilinger@odot.state.or.us (Shawn Wicks Freilinger)
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