Srinath Perera has been an Apache open source developer for the last 20 years. He has played a major role in the architecture of Apache Axis2, Apache Airavata, WSO2 CEP (Siddhi), and WSO2 Choreo. He has designed two SOAP engines and helped build four. He is a committer (a developer who can commit to a code base) for Apache Axis, Axis2, Apache Geronimo, and Apache Airavata.
He joined WSO2 in 2009 after finishing his PhD. WSO2 products are used by many Fortune 500 companies such as airlines, banks, and governments. At WSO2, he has played an architecture review role for 10+ projects and 100+ releases. He reviewed hundreds of customer solution architectures and deployments and sat in on thousands of architecture reviews. He has published 40+ peer-reviewed research articles, which have been referenced by thousands of other research publications.
Leverage leadership knowledge to make better software architecture decisions. Think deeply but implement slowly.
The overarching goal of software systems (hence, for software architecture) is to build systems that meet quality standards and that provide the highest return on investment (ROI) in the long run or within a defined period of time.
A great product requires a combination of technology, leadership, and product management (including UX). Leadership is primarily about managing uncertainty and making the right judgment. To build great products, technical leaders need to combine technology, leadership, and product management knowledge, and make the right decisions. Many technical mistakes come from the gap between knowledge about these three items and judgment.
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