Re: [service-orientated-architecture] Re: Using SOA for continuous innovation (collaboration, learning, pattern matching, etc.).

[Keith Harrison-Broninski]

And here is the world's richest man on the same subject: Over the past decade, software has evolved to build bridges between disconnected islands of information and give people powerful ways to communicate, collaborate and access the data that's most important to them. But the software challenges that lie ahead are less about getting access to the information people need, and more about making sense of the information they have -- giving them the ability to focus, prioritize and apply their expertise, visualize and understand key data, and reduce the amount of time they spend dealing with the complexity of an information-rich environment. To tackle these challenges, information-worker software needs to evolve. It's time to build on the capabilities we have today and create software that helps information workers adapt and thrive in an ever-changing work environment. ... Now more than ever, competitive advantage comes from the ability to transform ideas into value -- through process innovation, strategic insights and customized services. ... In a new world of work, where collaboration, business intelligence and prioritizing scarce time and attention are critical factors for success, the tools that information workers use must evolve in ways that do not add new complexity for people who already feel the pressure of an "always-on" world and ever-rising expectations for productivity. We believe that the way out of this maze is through integration, simplification, and a new breed of software applications and services that manage complexity in the background, and extend human capabilities by automating low-value tasks and helping people make sense of complex data. We aim to make this happen through a next-generation productivity platform that builds on the solid foundation of today's Microsoft Office system of programs and services. We will enable people to create more effective professional documents, access work information from anywhere, and better manage personal, team and project tasks. Read these predictions from Bill Gates at: http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/2005/05-19newworldofwork-print.asp Gates clearly gets Human Interaction Management. If you would like to keep up with developments in this area, I run a discussion group on the topic.  You can join at: http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/roles or just email [EMAIL PROTECTED]. -- All the best Keith Anne Thomas Manes wrote: I also highly recommend Hagel and Brown's latest book, "The Only Sustainable Edge". See http://www.edgeperspectives.com/. Anne On 6/13/05, Keith Harrison-Broninski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Kaleem is quite right to highlight the importance of the "social software tools" that Hagel and Brown describe - Bill Gates, for instance, has made this the subject of his own recent announcements about the direction he sees the IT industry taking over the next 10 years. If you are interested in what the such tools might look like, they are the subject of my various recent writings on Human Interaction Management (HIM) and the Human Interaction Management System (HIMS). For pointers to a print book on the topic (published 2005) and articles on various industry Web sites, see: http://www.rolemodellers.com/abstracts Re partnering to take such tools into industry, my own startup company Role Modellers markets a software system, RADRunner, built along these lines. We are always open to partnering with others interested in the field. -- All the best Keith There's a need for businesses, more than ever, to not just innovate and capitalize, but to sustain a rate of innovation greater than their peers and competitors. I thought this article (viz., an interview by two very respected folks in this area) touches very well on those points: [quote] Hagel: One of the big issues we see is that to date most of the social software tools we are talking about have tended to be one-off kinds of tools. You have instant messaging, Wikis, a whole array of collaboration workspaces that have been developed, but there isn't an operating environment where all these social software tools can come together in a seamless environment. Part of the opportunity here is that as you create these environments that are open ended so you can plug in social software tools as they develop and evolve, you can also create a record-keeping facility. By doing that, not only are you helping people to resolve the exceptions, but you are also creating a record of who came together over what kinds of issues, what was the context of the issue, and what was the resolution of the issue. That creates the basis for doing pattern recognition and dissemination of the learning to a broader part of the organization. Brown: We keep talking about coupling this tool set of social software with the tool set of service-oriented architectures because the latter is already a more fluid tool. So unlike standard ERP (enterprise resource planning)-type systems, you can do incremental changes of the rules. It is much easier to constantly evolve the processes and practices of the organization with the kind of inherent agility that service-oriented architectures in principle provide you. But this also puts a new spin on how you want to design your service-oriented architecture. This looks like how do you capture the context of a breakdown between enterprises. The focus is on architecture that works between enterprises rather than architecture that works within an enterprise. [/quote] The full article is here: http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/1220.cfm p.s. I am interested in finding dedicated partners to develop an enterprise system corporation on the above lines. If you are interested, either connect with me on LinkedIn, or send me an e-mail. Best regards, Kaleem. "Values in Value Systems factor feelings as responses to perceived risk using the values one has learned to use for a situation one is in." -- my Theory of Everything ('Mathematics with "feelings".' at http://KaleemAziz.com/ipw-web/b2/index.php?p=292). Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/service-orientated-architecture/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! 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