Legacy I&O practices and data center architectures are not sufficient to meet the demands of the digital business. Digital transformation requires IT agility and velocity that outstrips classical architectures and practices.
Broader knowledge allows you to factor in many other variables when making your decisions.
Do not assume that cloud workloads will manage themselves.
As a result of acquisitions or long-term growth, many IT organizations find themselves with multiple data center facilities that are underutilized, inefficient, nonresponsive and struggling to justify their existence through cost.
Software architects focus on the system as a whole, or the breadth of the software system, while developers focus on specific areas of implementation in great detail. Architects make decisions that impact the system in its entirety.
Inventory your existing skill sets. Identify gaps
Developers lack the breadth to always understand the broad set of consequences of certain decisions, while architects lack the depth to always understand the implications of decisions on implementation. Architects and developers must work together very closely to establish the architectural vision and prove that vision will work through implementation.