On Feb 17, 2012, at 18:55, Owen DeLong wrote:
> I also think that when we spend too many consecutive weeks/months/years
> behind a desk without going out in the real world, we become progressively
> more detached from the operational reality where our designs have to operate.
In software, this problem is a rather well known "Antipattern":
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ArchitectsDontCode
(This is an "Antipattern", i.e. it actually means "Architects *MUST* write
code".
But the problems from doing this getting in the way are also discussed there,
so Jeff gets some support, too.)
Grüße, Carsten
PS.: Donald E. Knuth said:
"The designer of a new kind of system must participate fully in the
implementation."
So, the more cookie-cutter your systems become, the less important is the
requirement to do this over and over.
But having it done once, and recently enough, still is a qualification factor
for an architect.
PPS.: I'm less sure about the battlefield analogies :-)
