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Web Systems Architect
Unlike an Information Architect role which is typically more focused on the navigation, organisation, findability and usability of enterprise information, a Web Systems Architect (WSA) is responsible for input into technology review and selection to support the mechanics of Information Architecture.
Areas of WSA activity, relevant skills and attributes
Understanding of existing enterprise technology, resource and stakeholder awareness:
- Identification of web useable resources
- Centralised corporate and devolved
- Leveraging existing systems
- Strategic toolset review and selection
- Web stack input and direction
- Data interchange facilitation
Overlap with Information Architecture responsibilities:
- Existing Information organisation and architecture
- web stakeholder needs
- Taxonomies and Ontologies
- organisational structure
- Data-wharehousing vs Dynamic querying/discovery
Ongoing project activities involving:
- Software Design Skills
- Mentoring others
- Project direction and input
- Composite application identification
- Fostering collaboration, communication and participation
- Integration of structured and un-structured data
- Enterprise information integration
- Balancing centralisation and devolvement
- Forward compatibility component re-use
- Balancing reworking apps against new developments
- Web services enablement
- Integration vs Development
- Information organisation and accessability
Knowledge maintanence:
- monitoring s/w and web standards trends and developments
- identifiying applicable tool or standards use opportunities
- Flexible architecture/infrastructure developments
The role would have relationships with...
- developers (internal and external)
- management
- consultants
- vendors
- stakeholders (staff, students)
See Also: Information Architect | Notes Index
