... which is why any company with an "Architecture Group" has lost its way. When you have a small group that is rewarded with the job of playing around with new

... which is why any company with an "Architecture Group" has lost its way. When you have a small group that is rewarded with the job of playing around with new technologies and pushing them to the rank and file to implement, bad technical decisions will follow. (I have a rant for the "Scrum Group", aka "the Agile Police", but I'll save it for another opportunity)