Learning Soft Skills to Become a Better Solutions Architect

In the previous chapters, you learned how a solutions architect needs to accommodate all stakeholders’ needs. Even if the solutions architect’s role is technical, they need to work across the organization, from senior management to the development team. Soft skills are essential and critical factors to become a successful solutions architect.

Solutions architects should keep updated with current technology trends, keep evolving their knowledge, and always be curious to learn new things. You can become a better solutions architect by applying continuous learning. You will discover methods to learn new technologies in this chapter and how to share and contribute back to the technical community.

Solutions architects need to define and present an overall technical strategy to address business concerns. They need to work across business and technical teams to negotiate the best solution, which requires excellent...