COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN & SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE
Software architects are professionals responsible for the planning and development of all aspects of user/system interfaces in software product development, including the design of hardware architecture, peripherals and display bodies. This young evolving polyspecialized field is concerned with human/technology interactions, education, sustainable design, communications and engineering. Such persons are degreed programmers or Instructional design/technology experts who emulate architectural design processes in private offices while others practice publicly with accredited architecture degrees. Industry or degreed architects working in computer science as software architects both use image, graphic, entertainment and architectural design knowledge together with legal, scientific, business and programming requirements to assess prudent planning and design decisions. Software architects may be involved in software engineering supervision, design and product management, user research, market studies and testing. They may apply their skills to the development of new technology products, programs or services and combine systems logic, hardware environment, human needs or anthropometrics, and innovation for the benefit, safety and welfare of society while promoting value for the industry through quality design.