Agreed on specialization being valuable, but the issue that arises is when this type of UX/Product process isn’t in place the specialists tend to spin out of co

Agreed on specialization being valuable, but the issue that arises is when this type of UX/Product process isn’t in place the specialists tend to spin out of control and lose sight of the users. And likewise, the UX team really, really needs those architects on their team to both help ship the experiments/improvements and make sure they aren’t proposing features that aren’t technically feasible with a given budget/timeline/tech stack. Some of the best ‘UX’ solutions I’ve ever heard in meetings came from the software architect, usually along the lines of “Ohhhh, THAT is what the customer is trying to do? We can repurpose the flux modules pretty easily and ship that in a week or two!”. Without good software architects on the UX team, designers will often punt on some of their more creative ideas because they assume it won’t be possible. A great architect tends to battle boredom, so the push/pull with designers can often keep them engaged and challenged. Win-win!