
The perception of the architect by the engineers is related to
the required architect characteristic in
figure~\ref{fig:MSarchitectCharacteristics}.

\FigureImposeWidth{MSarchitectCharacteristics}
{Characteristics of the architect}{.7\textwidth}

\begin{myList}
\item The architect {\it asks questions}, because
{\it questions} are the primary tool of an architect.
\item The architect {\it identifies risks and problems}, because
prevention is valuable. Risks and problems need to be
identified, before they can be prevented.
\item The architect {\it voices opinions}, which is needed in order to
provide {\it focus}. To provide {\it focus} {\it selection} of
the most important and critical issues is key,
which requires {\it vision and choices}.
\item The architect does not have {\it deep know how} of all technologies,
however sometimes the architect needs to dive in deep in order to
find solutions together with the specialists.
\item The architect {\it does the nice work} should be {\it does nice work}.
There is more nice work needed when designing complex systems
than we, the entire design team, ever can do. In practice all team members
have their share of dull mandatory work and nice stimulating work.
\item The architect {\it does not provide definite answers or solutions},
due to the fact that the architect {\it keeps repeating the previous actions},
which solves a few problems, but also uncovers new problems
and risks.
\end{myList}


