[airbreather]

The skill of breaking down the system to smaller constituant parts was formerly the domain of the Systems Analyst - an occupation now almost extinct by formal title, as the coders reached up into this role.

Presumably this occured because the Systems Analyst was virtually archtecture agnostic, but a computer person could consider both the problem breakdown and the optimal architecture to fit, juggling each a little to optimise that interface between requirements and implementation. This personage then claimed the title of "Architect".

However, I am seeing, in certain areas, a deep lack of specification skills and wonder the Systems Analyst might not partially have a resurgence as a profession.