Asimov’s 3 basic laws of robotics is broken (read his books for more details or watch the movie I, Robot). Who would have thought that? Well… an architect should have…

An architect should be able to deal with real life, illogical situations. Dealing with the human factor (organizational, business) is part of the every day job as a result of lacking project management, skill gaps, etc.

Another typical illogical situation – it could be during requirements gathering.

Consultant: Let me help you to chose a color for your new car. Do you prefer red or green?
Customer: Green.
Consultant: We also have blue do you prefer green or blue?
Customer: Blue.
Consultant: Excellent, so your preference is blue.
Customer: Actually, I like red the best.
Consultant:

And the moral of the story? Get your requirements right. Logical thinking may get you into trouble…

Interesting, educational and enlightning discussion with a developer (based on a real story, but no product names this time):
Specialist: I am trying to build this JSF page in this development environment (IDE), I do not know how to get this combo-box work?
Architect: Not sure about this environment, but try this… and this… or this…
Specialist: Right, I did not realize it works like this. I know this “other environment” and it works a bit different there.

What could be the moral here?