OK, only developers know what “god modules” are and according to the internet functional architects are just glorified business analysts. So why is it that I see Functional Architecture as an application of design, simply preventing god modules in a more abstract way?
Here is my argument…
Functional Architecture as a discipline has been brewing for a few years now. I have been a “functional architect” for a software application, and have also been involved in functional architecture review of enterprise software programs. I won’t claim to know what functional architecture means in any universal sense, but having done this work, and been in this role, I can describe some functional architecture principles that I know are helpful to making software more valuable in an enterprise context.
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