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title: "[Interview] Juval Lowy on great architects and project management"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/1/22/interview-juval-lowy-on-great-architects-and-project-managem.md"
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published: "2005-01-22T18:50:00"
updated: "2005-01-22T18:50:00"
tags: ["Interview"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Summary Roy Talks with Juval Lowy, the principal of IDesign and one of the industry's leading software architects. The topics include: Project management and the IDesign process, staged delivery and what's missing in…"
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# \[Interview\] Juval Lowy on great architects and project management

By Roy Osherove January 22, 2005 In [Interview](https://osherove.com/blog/category/interview)

**Historical article** · Originally published January 22, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

**Summary**

Roy Talks with  Juval Lowy, the principal of [IDesign](http://www.idesign.net/) and one of the industry's leading software architects. The topics include: Project management and the IDesign process, staged delivery and what's missing in today's Agile methdologies, the makings of a good software architect, details about his upcoming book and on the one to follow after that, the future of modeling tools, Longhorn, Indigo, SOA and interoperability and more. The interview also takes a more personal tone when Juval talks about his strategy for managing his busy schedule, how IDesign came to be and the people working there, the biggest mistake he's done and more tidbits. A feature packed 73 minute interview, is all I can say.

[Download the interview here](http://www.teamagile.com/mainpages/Interviews.html)

## More in Interview

[All posts in Interview](https://osherove.com/blog/category/interview)

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- Mar 23, 2005

    ### [\[Audio Interview\] Charlie Poole, NUnit lead developer - on NUnit, XP, TDD and much more](https://osherove.com/blog/2005/3/23/audio-interview-charlie-poole-nunit-lead-developer-on-nunit.html)

- Jan 21, 2005

    ### [\[Interview\] Natty Gur - Organizational Enterprise Architecture](https://osherove.com/blog/2005/1/21/interview-natty-gur-organizational-enterprise-architecture.html)

- Jan 17, 2005

    ### [Wanted: Great questions for an interview with Juval Lowy](https://osherove.com/blog/2005/1/17/wanted-great-questions-for-an-interview-with-juval-lowy.html)


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