Relationship with the difference between system architects and project managers. The project manager refers to project control / management, attention to the progress of the project itself, quality, distribution, mobility, coordination, human resources management in charge of good people, financial, material and so on. The project manager must also be able to cope with the process of developing a large number of contingencies and chores. In one project, the project to promote the technological development of the system architect. On the technical side, the project manager (Project Management Professional) with system architects and provides support for all aspects of its main responsibility is with the internal and external communication and management of resources (including human), system architects will have to be responsible for the overall architecture of the proposed system, and given the development of guidance.
Relationship with the difference between system architects and system analysts. Systems Analyst (system analyst) is to conduct business needs analysis in system development, system requirements analysis, feasibility analysis, business modeling and human guidance of project development. Whose work is characterized by industry experts and users to communicate in a timely manner, software architect in consultation with the Project Manager (Project Management Professional), have analyzed the characteristics of the project, cost, risk, consider the model implementation. Systems analyst business systems analysis, modeling, his task, the goal is clear. System architects collaborative work systems analyst, systems analyst recommended by any standard, what tools, what model, to think about what technology systems. Meanwhile, the system architect systems analyst should issue raised, propose solutions to the problems encountered in a timely manner.
For architects we usually always some misunderstanding: 1, the architect is the project manager. Architect is not a project manager. The project manager focuses on budget control, schedule control, personnel management, and coordination with external linkages, etc. work, with management functions. Generally small-scale projects, the project manager and architect common. 2, the architect responsible for requirements analysis. Architect not demand analyst. The analyst's job is to collect and analyze the needs of demand, and to keep in touch with end users, product manager. Architect needs only final review and confirm proposed is unclear and incomplete part of the demand, he will keep in touch with the needs of analysts moment. Architect technical experts, not business experts.