May 2007


“We’re looking for a .Net / Java architect…”, a pretty common sight in todays work ads for software professional. I keep wondering, who is this architect and how does his role compare to the regular developer?

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I’m currently the Scrum Master / developer on a large software project (8 developers + 1 product owner / project manager). It’s a fixed price, fixed scope, fixed resources project - in other words, not the best settings for Scrum. But yet, following the Scrum practices have been vital even for this project. I give you a short list of this experience and what it feels like.

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