The Architecture Workshops initiative was a result of our various interactions with the software community. Software architecture was yet not the buzz word it has become today. In 2008 Microsoft suggested that we structure our experiences and knowledge regarding software architecture to share it with their partner ecosystem.

The Architect Workshop - for Aspiring Architects was conceived out of this collaboration. Over the past 2 years we have conducted a number of these workshops in multiple cities.

How does one become an Architect?

A question many a developer has asked. Over the past few years, there seems to be an increasing demand for software architects. The Architect role is considered by many a developer as a natural evolution and desire of personal career growth. The real issue is to effect a structure transition to this new role.

Based on the demand from a number of our clients, we developed an interactive workshop targeted towards the aspiring architect. The goal of these workshops is to begin the process of getting aspiring architects ready for the eventual role. While attending such a 3-day workshop does not make one an architect (we don’t offer "certificates"), it does setup the participant to understand the scope of the role more clearly.

So… How does the workshop actually help?

The workshop is crafted by our senior architects in collaboration with the participants. The workshop is customized towards the experiences of the participants based on an advance questionnaire and feedback. The 3-day workshop is based on real-life case studies (adequately obfuscated for reasons of confidentiality). The instructors are practicing architects taking time out from existing projects. This ensures that the workshop is relevant and the instructors empathetic.

Though we have received rave reviews and high ratings, our deeper satisfaction is that we share our lessons & experience from the frontline to help build better software.