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A common saying by software architects is “that’s an implementation detail”. All too often we treat software architecture and implementation as two separate things, where implementation is something that happens once a software architecture is defined. In fact, it’s the other way around: software architecture should be viewed as a first draft, where implementation reveals more details and refinements. In this session Mark Richards discusses the intersection of architecture and implementation and how the two must be in constant alignment to achieve success, demonstrating along the way why architecture is a critical element of any system. Through real-world examples, he shows how implementation can easily get out of alignment with the architecture, causing the system to fail to achieve its desired goals. He then shows some techniques and tools to help ensure the alignment between architecture and implementation.