# Driving software design forward

DevFeed: [Driving software design forward](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/driving-software-design-forward-39073.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.devdetails.com/p/driving-software-design-forward>)

Author: Mike

Published: 2023-07-20T05:10:27Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Dev Details](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dev-details.md>)

Topics: [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [software-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-architecture.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [decision-making](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/decision-making.md>)

Tags: [architect](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architect.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [decision-making](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/decision-making.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [software-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-architecture.md>), [software-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-design.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that architects should facilitate the software architecture process rather than own most design work. Engineers should drive designs according to their scope, with one Driver responsible for moving the project forward, coordinating decision-making, and aligning participants on problems, needs, constraints, risks, solutions, and impacts.

## Source excerpt

The last person I'd let design is me, the Architect