Reference to great post on architecture skills
A former colleague from the Microsoft Visual Studio Advisory Board/.Net PAC has posted a very interesting, very topical blog post relating to architecture skills. Wiebe Wiersma is Capgemini's Principal Technology Officer in the Netherlands. His latest post, entitled "Why do we need solution architects?", talks about the breadth and depth of experience and skills that architects need to have. I will admit that the title threw me a bit, but I get where he is coming from. Read it, then form your own opinions. Note that the post also includes a nice bibliography for your further reading.
I posted a comment on his blog, and mentioned my SAF presentation. For anyone reaching this post from my comment, you can download the presentation, "Architecture and Analysis: Perfect Together".