Architect
A stakeholder responsible for designing a solution
Architects translate well-understood requirements into solution designs and specifications.
Examples
Architects collaborate with business analysts to understand requirements, make design decisions and share those decisions with stakeholders, mostly through diagrams.
Architect in Purposeful Architect
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Business Analyst and Application Architect Roles (Key Story)
Business Analyst and Application Architect Roles excerpts:
- Most medium to large-scale software development projects have a business analyst to capture, curate, and understand the requirements for a solution. Complex projects need an architect to design the solution. Two different people often have those roles, but smaller organizations may have someone who takes on both roles.