Developing Architecting Competence; What and How, Hard and Soft by Gerrit Muller USN-NISE, TNO-ESI e-mail: [email protected]www.gaudisite.nl Abstract When setting up programs to help architects in developing their competences, we need to know what competences they need and how to develop such compe- tences. Architects need a broad variety of competences from hard knowledge and skills to soft skills and the ability to apply them properly. Finally, the mindset and the ways of thinking are crucial for architects. Straight forward classroom teaching and online courses seem insufficient to achieve the desired competence development. How can organizations and education providers complement these training formats to help architects in developing? What can individuals do to develop themselves? What do various academic communities offer to help us finding answers? Distribution This article or presentation is written as part of the Gaudí project. The Gaudí project philosophy is to improve by obtaining frequent feedback. Frequent feedback is pursued by an open creation process. This document is published as intermediate or nearly mature version to get feedback. Further distribution is allowed as long as the document remains complete and unchanged. June 5, 2018 status: preliminary draft version: 0 Architecting Skills The Educational Challenges Soft Skills Context and Needs Taxonomy and Capability Models Architecting: The Playing Field
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Developing Architecting Competence; What and How, Hardand Soft
When setting up programs to help architects in developing their competences,we need to know what competences they need and how to develop such compe-tences. Architects need a broad variety of competences from hard knowledgeand skills to soft skills and the ability to apply them properly. Finally, the mindsetand the ways of thinking are crucial for architects. Straight forward classroomteaching and online courses seem insufficient to achieve the desired competencedevelopment. How can organizations and education providers complement thesetraining formats to help architects in developing? What can individuals do todevelop themselves? What do various academic communities offer to help usfinding answers?
Distribution
This article or presentation is written as part of the Gaudí project. The Gaudí projectphilosophy is to improve by obtaining frequent feedback. Frequent feedback is pursued by anopen creation process. This document is published as intermediate or nearly mature versionto get feedback. Further distribution is allowed as long as the document remains completeand unchanged.
June 5, 2018status: preliminarydraftversion: 0
Architecting Skills
The Educational Challenges
Soft Skills
Context and Needs
Taxonomy and Capability Models
Architecting: The Playing Field
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Architecting Skills
The Educational Challenges
Soft Skills
Context and Needs
Taxonomy and Capability Models
Architecting: The Playing Field
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Context of Architecting Competence Development
Research
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Industrial partners
· ASML
· FEI Company
· Océ
· NXP
· Philips Healthcare
· Philips Lighting
· Philips Research
· Thales
· Vanderlande
· and more ...
TNO-ESI
Key lines of innovation:
· System performance
· System quality & reliability
· Future-proof systems
· Systems in context
Areas of competence:
· System architecting
· System design
· System integration & test
research project
Competence Development
Architecting
Performance
Systems Integration
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What are the Needs?
Companies looking for architecting competence development
often come with a wish list of skills and knowledge
Soft Skills
· seem to be lacking in
technical people
· seen as crucial for
effectiveness
This is valid for all
managers (and
engineers)
What specific needs have
architects?
Domain Knowledge
· tangible
· build up in the field
· sometimes perceived
as technical
knowledge
Domain knowledge is
much more than
technical.
Is a program or course an
appropriate form?
Architecting Skills
· yes, please, what are
they?
When explaining, they are
obvious.
When doing, most
organizations and
individuals fail
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Taxonomy and Capability Models
Architecting Skills
The Educational Challenges
Soft Skills
Context and Needs
Taxonomy and Capability Models
Architecting: The Playing Field
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· understand the whole system and see the big picture; think broadly; have grand
visions; have a generalist’s perspective; have holistic view; think strategically;