O'Reilly - Software Architecture Fundamentals : Soft Skills

In this video, Neal Ford and Mark Richards turn their focus to the often-neglected area of soft skills. Knowing the ins and outs of programming and technology is only one side of a software architect’s skill set. Aside from being an excellent developer, you also have to be a leader. Soft skills help you work well within a larger corporate structure, manage teams, and ensure that technology is a first-level concern at your company.

In this video, you’ll learn how to:
Justify, document, and communicate your architecture decisions to the right stakeholders
Create an architecture refactoring plan by determining the root cause of issues and identifying architecture changes
Make effective technical presentations and learn how to present them
Enhance your problem-solving skills with various tips and techniques
Write proposals, evaluations, business cases, and other persuasive documents
Leverage checklists effectively by finding a balance between usefulness and overhead
Manage your personal productivity, such as interacting business stakeholders and other architects
Learn the process for several certification programs, as well as architectural certification pros and cons

Once you have completed this video, follow up with Part IV of this series to dig deeper into software architecture soft skills such as leadership, negotiation, managing meeting, building your tech radar, and working with people.