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<p>Submitted as complete</p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 05:07, 8 June 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Value stewardship over showmanship ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Value stewardship over showmanship ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">There are those among the community of practitioners who view projects as </del>an <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">opportunity </del>to <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">let their brilliance shine</del>. <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">While a project certainly benefits from </del>the <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">participation </del>of <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gifted members, </del>the <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">degree </del>of <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">benefit is directly related </del>to <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">whether </del>the <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">individual values stewardship over showmanship</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">When </ins>an <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">architect enters a project, there is an understandable desire </ins>to <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">prove one's worth</ins>. <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Being assigned </ins>the <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">role </ins>of <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">software architect typically indicates implicit trust on </ins>the <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">part </ins>of <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the company in one's technical leadership, and it only follows that one would desire </ins>to <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">make good on that expectation as soon as possible. Unfortunately, there are those who labor under </ins>the <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">misapprehension that proving one's worth consists of bedazzling if not baffling the team with one's technical brilliance</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Software architecture is about serving the needs of one's customers, typically through direction from those with domain expertise that surpasses one's own. Pursuing successful software development will lead one to create solutions of compromise, balancing the cost and complexity of implementation against the time and effort available to a project. That time and effort are the resources of the company, which the software architect must steward without self-serving undercurrents. Unduly complex systems that sport the latest hot framework or technology buzzword seldom do so without some sacrifice at the company's expense. Much like an investment broker, the architect is being allowed to play with their client's money, based on the premise that their activity will yield an acceptable return on investment.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Value stewardship over showmanship; never forget that you are playing with other peoples' money.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key wikicontent:diff:version:1.11a:oldid:11090:newid:11104 --> </table>

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<p>Initial creation of page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Value stewardship over showmanship ==<br /> <br /> There are those among the community of practitioners who view projects as an opportunity to let their brilliance shine. While a project certainly benefits from the participation of gifted members, the degree of benefit is directly related to whether the individual values stewardship over showmanship.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> By [[Barry Hawkins]]<br /> <br /> This work is licensed under a<br /> [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ Creative Commons Attribution 3] <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Back to [[97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know]] home page</div>

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