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For two decades, the SEI has been instrumental in the creation and development of the field of software engineering known as software architecture. An architect whose skills and capabilities match a project's needs is more likely to be successful. So what are those skills? In this webinar, SEI researchers and an industry colleague discussed in two talks What Makes a Good Software Architect? John Klein and Andrew Kotov on Skills and Knowledge of Successful Architects Ipek Ozkaya and Michael Keeling on Architects Design Trade-off Toolbox: Balancing Agility and Technical Debt What viewers will learn: How the technical skills needed by a software architect change throughout a system's lifecycle and how this influences the architect's success How architects should be the champions of product quality while making the right (and timely) design trade-offs