I recently participated in an IASA initiative to document skills needed by Software Architects. I wrote an article on Implementing System Quality Attributes - see below. Here's the location of the article on IASA: http://www.iasahome.org/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=PUB.1.269&p_p_id=20&p_p_action=1&p_p_state=exclusive&p_p_col_id=null&p_p_col_pos=3&p_p_col_count=4&_20_struts_action=%2Fdocument_library%2Fget_file&_20_folderId=61&_20_name=01-Implementing.pdf