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Architect poster. He presents a whiteboard headed TARGET STATE, ticked scalable, resilient, secure, aligned and future ready. Behind him one colleague sleeps and another has written DIAGRAMS DON'T DEPLOY. A sticky note reads JUST SHIP IT. The firm's line: "Defines scalable target-state architecture aligned to strategic outcomes." Also true: Drew the diagram. The diagram is correct. Nothing has ever been built the way the diagram says. Current status: "Not involved in implementation."

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Defines scalable target-state architecture aligned to strategic outcomes.

Drew the diagram. The diagram is correct. Nothing has ever been built the way the diagram says.

Not involved in implementation.