A good example of hands-on Architecture work

A good example of hands-on architecture work is given by the Microsoft Patterns & Practice group in the article titled CQRS Journey. If the architect isn’t hands-on, he/she is not well equipped to perform assessments thoroughly, he/she would need to go by what is being told in blind faith. Architecting a software solution in blind faith implies that one of the main objectives of architecting a software solution, risk management, becomes weak.