Technical Competence is the Bare Minimum

Enterprise architects are generally too involved in reading books within just the technical realm that they forget about the business model and design. Architects must take the next steps to broaden their horizons to make sure that they do not become single-minded. Raf Cammarano makes a few suggestions of different genres that architects should read in his latest post:

Personal Effectiveness and Branding

This is very crucial in terms of saving time, and making sure that your effort is effective.

Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership

No one can teach a person how to be innovative, an entrepreneur, or a leader…but you can certainly pick up some tips to help you out.

Sales and Marketing

You must be able to sell and pitch your ideas to the rest of the company, don’t rely on your technical skills to speak for itself.

Personal Relationships

Lastly, organizations are filled with people so that means that you must learn how to deal with them on a daily basis. People will often disagree with decisions; learning how to deal with them and different personalities will aid you with your day to day responsibilities.

There is plenty more out there to read, but this is just a start for architects to “think outside of the box”.