How to become a better IT-architect was an idea I had for a long time how to improve myself, should I have a mentor? Who are my idols? I have many persons who have affected my career, and they have learnt me a lot about how to think, how to improve yourself, how to become a better person especially when it comes to some kind of developing your character you need to have a mentor or a guideline to become the IT-architect you want to be.

When you have the role as IT-architect, I think you are a leader leading the teams to right solutions that needs for a problem or problems that existing out there today, the digitalization has been a big part in everywhere especially when we have much/big data.
To be proactive IT-architect today requires a lot of strength and believe of yourself and this is the key I think for being the best version of you as a IT-architect..

I will try to do my best to list the important quality and principles to make you become a better IT-architect. It is necessary to get guideline or others way. There are other are struggling with becoming a better and stay well-rounded in IT-architecture.
We as IT-architects have many times getting the problems when the solution is not working the expected way or they are not matching that shareholders expectation. A lot of systems are build and they have become a messy or have a very complex architecture, complex designs because of there have not been built a way considering the long-term thinking of the system.
It’s always easy and fun to develop a new function and new systems but when it comes to create at efficient systems which are easily changed or maintenance is the big challenge.

I will show you in simple steps how you can work on yourself to become an IT-architect that can find the calm, make a good trade-off, search for all alternative solutions and recommend the best solution for customers.