Kevin Francis:: Yes, but...

All things architectural across the various architectural disiplines, but with a focus on real-world use of architecture and on Microsoft technologies in particular. Oh, and all about me and what I'm up to as well. Blog by Kevin Francis, National Practices and Productivity Manager at Object Consulting in Melbourne, Australia.

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Architect Knowledge
I've recieved a few questions from people along the lines of "I'm a Developer and I'm about to work as an Architect" or "I just got put in an Architect role and I'd like to know what I need to know to be a good Architect"...
Waxing Lyrical About Cloud
At Tech.Ed is this year I spent most of the time talking about challenging the role of the Architect, but I did get some time to sit down with Darryl Chantry from Object and talk about another area that I've been spending a fair bit of time analysing...
Slides from Tech.Ed 2009 Now Available...
The talk for this year's Tech.Ed was 'Challenging the Role of Architect'. The talk is about the fundamental gap that exists between the approach and skills that Architect's commonly display and what is needed from them to effectively deliver...
Tech.Ed 2009
I'm presenting in the Architecture Track at Tech.Ed Australia again, and maybe also Tech.Ed New Zealand for the first time. Here's what I was thinking of talking about: Challenging the Role of the Architect There are as many definitions of the...
BA World Slides Available
I have made the slides from the BA World presentation on 'Business Analysts v Architects' available on Slideshare . Please let me know what you think, and if you would like me to come at present it in person at your organisation or user group...
Early Bird Registration for Australian Architecture Forum
Just a quick note to let you know that Early Bird registration is open for the Australian Architecture Forum until July 15. We are assembling a fantastic line-up of international speakers and Open Space participants from across the breadth of the IT landscape...
SAF, Careers and ArcBOK
I haven’t blogged about this yet, but I have been thinking about it of late with some work that is happening at Object so I thought I would. In November I presented at the Strategic Architecture Forum in San Francisco. This conference sees Enterprise...
Career Development for Architects
Thanks to everyone that attended the presentation last night at the Victoria.NET Dev SIG.  Thanks especially for the lively discussion at the end. I’ve uploaded the presentation to SlideShare so you can review it again at your leisure. Please feel...
I’m presenting tonight
Very late notice (it kind of snuck up on me like everything else does), but I am presenting tonight. The presentation is on my favourite topic of career development. and is about how developers can learn to become great architects and how architects can...
Tech.Ed 2008 Slides and Outcome
So Tech.Ed is over for another year.  No matter what I might be doing and where I might be heading I still have a very close affinity with technology (I'm still very much a geek at heart, and even my mug says so!) and so as much as Tech.Ed is...