
Learn all the soft and hard skills you need to take your architect design skills to the next level
InstructorMark Farragher


Free



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These 2 complementary views highlight concrete, legible examples from the course presentation.
An instructor explains the Solution Architect's position within an IT team structure, highlighting connections to roles like Functional Analyst, QA, and Lead Developer.
An instructor presents a quadrant diagram illustrating key professional attributes including insight, leadership, vision, and communication centered around responsibilities.
The curriculum provides a structured look at various architectural patterns—including layered, structural, presentation, and service designs—alongside critical quality attributes like caching and exception management.
Instruction includes specific modules on designing architectures using UML, providing a useful framework for understanding how the architect role interacts with stakeholders and team structures.
One signal indicates a heavy reliance on presentation slides and theoretical content, which may feel dense for some learners.
Instruction may rely heavily on presentation slides and theoretical content; while a review from June 2026 notes this density, the displayed update date of May 2026 does not prove that recent changes addressed this concern.
The content aligns well with the goal of transitioning into an architect role, though it is primarily tailored toward application development teams.