軟體架構師要做什嗎？——來自Essential Software Architecture

一個Architect角色要做什麼，SEI網站上的定義應該更為準確，這裡只是歸納出核心的技術

• 溝通聯絡
• 軟體工程知識：專業的傑出的設計能力是這個角色的根本任務
• 技術知識
• 風險控制

有一些優秀的書籍協助架構師

• 通用的軟體架構知識：

    L. Bass, P. Clements, R Kazman. Software Architecture in Practice,
Second Edition. Addison-Wesley, 2003.
    P. Clements, F. Bachmann, L. Bass, D. Garlan, J. Ivers, R. Little, R.
Nord, J. Stafford. Documenting Software Architectures: Views and Beyond.
Addison-Wesley, 2002.
    P. Clements, R. Kazman, M. Klein. Evaluating Software Architectures:
Methods and Case Studies. Addison-Wesley, 2002.

• 需求工程

    I. Jacobson, M. Christerson, P. Jonsson, G. Overgaard. Object-Oriented
Software Engineering: A Use Case Driven Approach. Addison-Wesley,
1992.
    R. Wirfs-Brock, A. McKean. Object Design: Roles, Responsibilities,
and Collaborations. Addison-Wesley, 2002.

• 架構模式

    F. Buschmann, R. Meunier, H. Rohnert, P. Sommerlad, M. Stal,. Pattern-
Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 1: A System of Patterns. John
Wiley & Sons, 1996.
    D. Schmidt, M. Stal, H. Rohnert, F. Buschmann. Pattern-Oriented Software
Architecture, Volume 2, Patterns for Concurrent and Networked Objects.
John Wiley & Sons, 2000.

    M. Fowler. Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture. Addison-
Wesley, 2002.
    G. Hohpe, B. Woolf. Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building,
and Deploying Messaging Solutions. Addison-Wesley, 2003

• 技術比較