Summary

In this chapter, you learned about the soft skills required for a solutions architect to succeed, and the importance of these. A solutions architect needs pre-sales skills, which help them support the organization’s pre-sales cycle, such as with the RFP.

You learned about the presentation skills required for executive conversations and buy-in and the strategic understanding that a solutions architect should have to define key objectives and results for an organization. To execute at various levels, solutions architects should be able to think big and be flexible and adaptable. You learned details about solutions architects taking ownership and being accountable for their actions.

A solutions architect’s role has the primary responsibility of architecture design. You learned about design thinking, with its principles and phases. You also learned about the importance of continuous learning and different techniques to carry on learning and keep up with market...