so you think you might be an architect

So You Think You Might Be an Architect

Sonya Natanzon

Sonya Natanzon www.linkedin.com/in/sonya-natanzon

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About me


Software engineer -> architect

Team lead

Long engagements

Healthcare vertical

AboutGuardant Health

The Guardant360 liquid biopsy has delivered guideline-recommended genomic results for more than 100,000 advanced cancer patients.

www.guardanthealth.com


http://www.guardanthealth.com/

“Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle!”

― Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderland


People

TechnicalThought


Software Architect

People Leadership

Influence

People


“A leader without followers is simply a man talking walk.“

--Various Sources

Organizations which design systems ... are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations.

— M. Conway


Conway’s Law

Organization Architecture

Influences

Organizations which design systems ... are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations.

— M. Conway


Conway’s Law

Organization Architecture

Architect

Influences

GrowTalent

Influence

People



― Various Sources

GrowTalent

InfluenceShare

Knowledge

People



― Various Sources

InfluenceShare

Knowledge

Grow Talent

People


Motivation

InfluenceShare

Knowledge

Grow Talent

People


Coaching

Motivation

InfluenceShare

Knowledge

Grow Talent

People


Coaching

CommunicationMotivation

TechnicalThought

People


Functional Management

VSFunctional Management


Functional Management

influence

People Leadership

influence

Technical Leadership

Learn

Technical


Build a scaffold

Learn

Technical


“Architecture is about the important stuff. Whatever that is.”

― Ralph Johnson

Select a toolbox

Build a scaffold

Learn

Technical


“Architecture is about the important stuff. Whatever that is.”

― Ralph Johnson

Select a toolbox

Build a scaffold

Learn

Technical


"All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten.“

― Robert Fulghum

4 Cs

Select a toolbox

Build a scaffold

Learn

Technical



― Robert Fulghum

Software Engineering

4 Cs

Select a toolbox

Build a scaffold

Learn

Technical



― Robert Fulghum

Software Engineering

Analytical

4 Cs

Thought

People

TechnicalTactical

Individual Contributor



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Thought Leadership

Evolve the Big Picture

Thought


“Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.”

― Dwight D. Eisenhower

Champion ProcessEvolve the

Big Picture

Thought


Champion ProcessEvolve the

Big Picture

Set Culture and Values


“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”

― Peter Drucker

Thought

Accidental Complexity

“Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.”

― Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, 1984


Essential Complexity

“Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.”

― Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, 1984


Essential Complexity


Maintainable

Lower Cognitive Load -> Focus on Essential

There are only two hard things in Computer

Science: cache invalidation and naming things.

― Phil Karlton, circa mid 1990s

Cognitive Load

Ubiquitous Language


Cognitive Load

Ubiquitous Language

Auth

If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success.

--Confucius, Analects, circa 475–221 BC


Clinical

Cognitive Load

Ubiquitous Language




ClinicalMisc

Cognitive Load

Ubiquitous Language




ClinicalMiscProblem

Case Creation

Cognitive Load

Ubiquitous Language




pattern/ˈpat(ə)n/

Noun

1. a form or model proposed for imitation

2. a repeated decorative design.



https://xkcd.com/2043/


Thought


Drive to improve

Curiosity

Change agent


People

TechnicalThought

Ivory Tower

Architect

Problem Definition

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.

--Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

• Problem statement• Supporting analysis• As-is documentation

Problem Definition

Solution Design

• Models and diagrams!• Technology selection• Proof of concept• Ubiquitous language


Problem Definition

Solution Design Implementation

• API Definitions, schemas, data models

• Production grade code• Changes to everything

done in the previous phase(s)


Problem Definition

Solution Design Implementation Enhancement

“The only constant in life is change”

--Heraclitus


Making the Invisible Visible


Summary

Leadership• People

• Influence• Share knowledge• Grow talent

• Technical• Learn• Build a scaffold• Select a toolbox

• Thought• Evolve the big picture• Champion process• Set culture and values

People

TechnicalThought


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