What architects actually do
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In this lesson
show that architecture work is mostly decisions, communication, and risk reduction, not drawing.
Planned topics
- An architect makes or guides the decisions that are expensive to change later.
- Most of the time goes to listening, explaining, and aligning people.
- Deliverables (diagrams, decision records) exist to carry decisions to others.
- The architect answers "is this the right thing, built in a workable way?", not "is the code right?".
Draft outline details
Demonstration
a week in the life on the Larkspur program: Monday sponsor meeting, Tuesday ERP interface workshop, Wednesday decision record on payments, Thursday design review with two delivery teams, Friday risk review. Count hours spent drawing: under six.
Check your understanding
Why are decisions the core architecture output?
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They are costly to reverse and shape what every team builds.
Practice
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