Positioning software architecture within the global architecture landscape
Given the introduction outlined in the previous sections, I will position software architecture very closely to the actual development of a solution, but I will not limit it to only that.
The following screenshot shows how I position the software architecture practice:
Figure 1.4 – Software architecture within the architecture landscape
Software architects should ideally be knowledgeable in all the topics listed in the shapes with a dark background in Figure 1.4. As stated before, software architects will be less focused on NFRs (the shape with dotted lines in Figure 1.4) than a solution architect but should still know the basics. The same consideration applies to an EA practice. Let's now recap on this first chapter.
