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The Technology Architect Organization Quiz - 7 questions to ask before taking the job

The Technology Architect Organization Quiz is a brief set of questions you should ask a potential employer during the interview.  In fact, you should always ask informed questions, after all that is a huge component of an architects job.  Getting a good idea of how a company views, structures, enables architecture is important as there is significant variety.  In some companies architects are looked to as strategic gurus, technology experts, but in others simply quality and design draftsmen, or worse Ivory Tower babblers.  The variety is compounded as there are differences between industries and between Europe and the US.  I have been refining the Technology Architect Organization Quiz for several weeks which and it is in the spirit of  The Joel Test  by Joel Spolsky.  I highly recommend checking out  The Joel Test  as it succinctly provides a good measure for development maturity while remaining simple yes or no questions.  I hope the Technology Architect Organization Quiz is just as