{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Software Architecture Gathering 2026","provider_url":"https:\/\/conferences.isaqb.org\/software-architecture-gathering","author_name":"Mika Gustavson","author_url":"https:\/\/conferences.isaqb.org\/software-architecture-gathering\/author\/wolkenhart\/","title":"Do We Still Need Architects? - Software Architecture Gathering 2026","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kcTnNBKpE0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.isaqb.org\/software-architecture-gathering\/session\/do-we-still-need-architects\/\">Do We Still Need Architects?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.isaqb.org\/software-architecture-gathering\/session\/do-we-still-need-architects\/embed\/#?secret=kcTnNBKpE0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Do We Still Need Architects?&#8221; &#8212; Software Architecture Gathering 2026\" data-secret=\"kcTnNBKpE0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Years ago, when all software projects were doing big up front design, it made perfect sense to have full time architects work on an architecture a couple of months before development would start. The impact of making a wrong choice could have a disastrous impact on the project\u2019s success, after all.  But nowadays, most projects are using agile approaches to software development with quick feedback loops where we can recalibrate our architecture every sprint. Therefore, wrong choices have only limited impact and we don\u2019t need architects anymore - right?  In this keynote, we\u2019ll look back at what changed in software development in the past 10-15 years: from waterfall, monoliths and your own servers in your own datacenter to agile, microservices, cloud and DevOps. We\u2019ll look at the impact these changes had on how we approach software architecture and will ask ourselves: do we still need architects?"}