architecture

Building The Perfect Architect – Part 2

What makes a good ServiceNow architect? And what makes “architect” a misnomer? In part one, we discussed what an architect is within the ServiceNow and the larger IT ecosystems. Now, we’ll delve into design documentation - a key part of an architect’s deliverables, and some of the behaviors of folks who may have the title architect but whose actions belie the title. Documenting designs and implementations A good architect understands the value of documentation, and both creates and enforces documentation. My rules of thumb for documentation are: Any custom development that includes creating new tables needs design documentation. This does…