It's funny, in my experience, developers tend to optimise too much. Architects too little... Developers will agonise over whether to use a String or a StringBuffer to save a few milliseconds. Meanwhile the Architect will stick the database on a server in Venezuela...
Ok, I exaggerate, but I think as System Architects we are often guilty of leaving Non-Functionals to the end and then hoping for the best. The trouble is, clients always want to pay for the functionals and assume that 'good practice' will somehow magically take care of the non-functionals for free...
Tom
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