Excellence inSoftware Engineering

& Meetings in Architect's Job

Metrics, Docs, Slides

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About Me

Ivan PadabedSenior Solution ArchitectEPAM Systems, Belarus

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I have a dream

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I have a dream

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Moment of insight

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• Vision & scope

• Backlog

• ?System overview

Observations

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• Vision & scope

• Backlog

• ?System overview

Observations

• Vision & scope

• Backlog

• Business Requirements

• Architecture blueprint

• Functional Specification

• Test Plan

• Operations and support

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• Vision & scope

• Backlog

• ?System overview

Observations

?• Vision & scope

• Backlog

• Business Requirements

• Architecture blueprint

• Functional Specification

• Test Plan

• Operations and support

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• Vision & Scope

• Communication Plan

• Complexity Assessment

• Alternative Solutions Analysis

• Alternative Technologies Analysis

• Business Architecture

• Logical Architecture

• Test Plan

• Acceptance Criteria Tracking

Feel the Pain

• Procurement Plan

• Benefits Realization Plan

• Organizational Impact

• Risk Management Plan

• Metrics Management Plan

• Cost & Budget Tracking

• Meeting Minutes Tracking

• Information Security

• Closeout Report

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90The Counter

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But Why?

Project

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a small project for a BIG company:

Inception Elaboration Construction Transition

Project

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a small project for a normal company:

Inception Elaboration Construction Transition

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work

work

work

Come to Practice

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• Team

• Budget

• Duration

• Capabilities

• Integration

• Degree of Change

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Complexity Assessment Document

Complexity

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• Data Classification

• Data Platform Protection

• Transport Protection

• Persistence Conditions

• Access management

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Information Security Document

Checklist

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• Solution Readiness

• Support

• Business

• Infrastructure

• Data

• Integration

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Acceptance Criteria Document

Checklist

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• Requirements

• Doability

• Technical

• Strategic

• Financial

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Alternative Analysis Document

Decision

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• Requirements

• Doability

• Technical

• Strategic

• Financial

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Solution Transfer Checklist

Decision

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• QA cannot make it

• Analyst cannot make it

• Developer cannot make it

• Manager cannot make it

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Aftermath

Architect can

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Moment of insight

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• Project – knowledge sharing & transfer

• Metaproject – automation & optimization

• Self-organizing IT

It is cool

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• Reporting – IT Service state & performance

• Planning – goals transformation

• Strategy that really works

It is even cooler

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Information Mastery