Architecture can be influenced by the business side of the company. Important related aspects are the time to market, the rollout schedule, the organizational structure, utilization of the workforce, and investment in existing assets.
By technical environment, we mean the technologies already used in a company or those that are for any reason required to be part of the solution. Other systems that we need to integrate with are also a vital part of the technical environment. The technical expertise of the available software engineers is of importance here, too: the technological decisions an architect makes can impact staffing the project, and the ratio of junior to senior developers can influence how a project should be governed. Good architecture should take all of that into account.
Equipped with all this knowledge, let's now discuss a somewhat controversial topic that you'll most probably encounter as an architect in your daily work.
