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?

This entry was posted by DevHawk on February 10, 2004. It was posted in Architecture.

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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
This comment was posted by John Cavnar-Johnson on February 09, 2004 at 8:19 PM.
Realist - a purest would never accomplish anything...
This comment was posted by Jeff Lewis on February 10, 2004 at 7:58 AM.
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]
This comment was posted by Michael Earls on February 12, 2004 at 9:59 AM.
I've posted that survey you suggested... http://extranet.cerkit.com/Architects/Lists/Architect%20Type/overview.aspx
This comment was posted by Michael Earls on February 14, 2004 at 11:47 AM.
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.
This comment was posted by Michael Earls on February 14, 2004 at 9:49 PM.
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.
This comment was posted by shawn.w.freilinger@odot.state.or.us (Shawn Wicks Freilinger) on February 18, 2004 at 4:19 PM.

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