Enterprise, IT architecture and strategy is getting more and more frustrating
I’m not sure I really understand what “solution architects” do, or what value they bring.<p>In my experience, they take a half-baked set of requirements and make a bunch of complex looking charts and diagrams that purport to explain how software that fulfils the requirements might be built. But most of the time, the “solution” is impossible due to various constraints they have glossed over, and doesn’t actually meet the requirements once you start to question what the user really wants.<p>It seems to me the kind of role that fits in with waterfall-style planning, at odds with agile, yagni, building just enough and constantly iterating based on feedback from real users.