97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know

In this truly unique technical book, today's leading software architects present valuable principles on key development issues that go way beyond technology. More than four dozen architects -- including Neal Ford, Michael Nygard, and Bill de hOra -- offer advice for communicating with stakeholders, eliminating complexity, empowering developers, and many more practical lessons they've learned from years of experience. Among the 97 principles in this book, you'll find useful advice such as:

Don't Put Your Resume Ahead of the Requirements (Nitin Borwankar) Chances Are, Your Biggest Problem Isn't Technical (Mark Ramm) Communication Is King; Clarity and Leadership, Its Humble Servants (Mark Richards) Simplicity Before Generality, Use Before Reuse (Kevlin Henney) For the End User, the Interface Is the System (Vinayak Hegde) It's Never Too Early to Think About Performance (Rebecca Parsons)

To be successful as a software architect, you need to master both business and technology. This book tells you what top software architects think is important and how they approach a project. If you want to enhance your career, 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know is essential reading. more

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1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-21-2009; I want my money back; Heavy on keywords and low on actual content of value.If you read blogs and read technical, leadership and business books then this book is a waste of time. Sorry, it is not even worth the effort to throw it in the trash.If you don't fit...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-05-2009; Lack of Detail; I found many of the contributions interesting, but wished for more detail. Many are not much longer than a page and left me wanting.; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-18-2009; Easy and concise reading; Such an easy and high quality reading should be on the bookshelf of every software architect.; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-18-2009; Wisdom...; After reading this book, I've made a firm decision that I do not want to be an architect. My decision is not because of the book however. Within the pages of this book, you will get some great insight into the real world of being a...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-18-2009; Easy and concise reading; Such an easy and high quality reading should be on the bookshelf of every software architect.; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-05-2009; Lack of Detail; I found many of the contributions interesting, but wished for more detail. Many are not much longer than a page and left me wanting.; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-21-2009; I want my money back; Heavy on keywords and low on actual content of value.If you read blogs and read technical, leadership and business books then this book is a waste of time. Sorry, it is not even worth the effort to throw it in the trash.If you don't fit...; read full review | report as inappropriate