Recall that for Elaine such things as patience, attentiveness, diligence, courage, and courteousness, over and above the technical skills and knowledge she possesses, were some of the virtues which she required to be a good architect. We can now see that all of these—technical skills, knowledge, and virtues—are part and parcel of what are needed to engage in practices well, and so to realize the internal goods of practices. And vice-versa—as MacIntyre warns, not having the virtues effectively prevents us from realizing the internal goods of practices.
