1. How to gain influence as a software architect
Adi Levin
End with:
I realized it was hard to influence people and I’m not good at it
ALIGN
TECHNOLOGY

2. Influence = Leadership

3. The long way home

4. Comfort Dealing zone with people End with:
The power of a developer took me a long way, but as a software architect I found that it wasn’t enough

5. Technologies? Terminology? Requirements? Scope? Impacted systems?
Feasibility?
Documentation?
It was obvious that my capabilities as a developer will not solve this for me
Stakeholders?

6. Build collaboration End with:
This is what we’re hoping for: That we’ll give a design or guidelines, and then people will follow.
But this is not always the case. People may fail to act or may fail to understand.

7. Think: Why don’t they Understand?
End with:
This is what we’re hoping for: That we’ll give a design or guidelines, and then people will follow.
But this is not always the case. People may fail to act or may fail to understand.

8. Find out their goals and concerns
Seek first to understand, then to be understood

9. The invisible man

10. Be an active listener Meeting notes 5/4/2017
Goal: Specify impact of TPX on other apps
Agenda:
1. Adi shall review proposed scope
2. We shall make a list of impacted apps
Andrey: The disadvantage of using VPI is that it is sequential. It is more secure to use GUIDs.
Andrey: If we stop storing RX in ADF, then it will require new integration between TPX and two other apps.
Joe: We also prefer to keep storing the RX in ADF, otherwise there is a compatibility issue. …
Be an active listener

11. Use people’s names in positive contexts
A person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language

12. Encourage others to contribute to the design

13. Listen to those who disagree
This is a bad design
Please tell me more .

14. Don’t be this guy Grouchy
Wrong!
Grouchy .

15. Be this guy
Well done! .

16. Encourage the heart
Well done! .

17. 20 seconds

18. Express your trust in people
20 seconds

19. Make them feel important

20. Show your commitment
End with – story about making the boys clean up the living room
“Not Care” is not motivating
“It’s important”, “Everything depends on us working together”

21. Admit your mistakes

22. Measure your level of leadership
pinnacle
people development
productivity
permission
position

23. Measure your level of leadership
pinnacle
people development
productivity
permission
position

24. Measure your level of leadership with every individual
pinnacle
people development
productivity
permission
position

25. Move up the levels with every individual
pinnacle
people development
productivity
permission
position

26. Establish your level 2 skills
pinnacle
people development
productivity
permission
position

27. Care about other people
They don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care