Hide the complexity
Architects have a natural affection for complexity. We love to play with it, order it and make models out of it. This is quite logical of course, since that is the core of our work. What we must realise though is that this complexity is not part of what we should deliver. The product of an architect is the insight on which others can base their decisions. But to provide that insight the architect needs to hide the complexity and show only those parts that are needed for the decision making.
This is not to say that the architect can dispense with the complexity. Far from it. It’s the job of an architect to maintain both the complex reality and simplified presentation in a coherent way, adding both an extra level of complexity and giving the guarantee that decisions based on the simplified presentation have the same effect on the complex reality.