> Right now, I would say there is a disproportionate amount of case
> studies that come down to having the right people at the right time.
> Unfortunately, that's not something that is easily repeatable.
I don't see how this could not be the case. There is no business
strategy that will work without the right people in the right place at
the right time. Neither is there a technical strategy. Maybe I am just
too pessimistic, but I've not seen such a thing and I am not expecting
any such thing to come along any time soon.
> If we don't, SOA will follow the same path as every other "shiny new
> thing" coming from IT, and be generally viewed as a failure.
Start battening down the hatches.
> I'd ask, how are you achieving SOA adoption? How are you ensuring
> that the strategic plans of the business align with the efforts of
> IT?
The latter question existed long before the former, and will likely
exist long after. I would try to answer the latter independent of the
former, unless you generalize the former to the point that these two
questions seem to be the same. In that case, you need to carefully
follow Anne Thomas Manes' advice when she writes...
"The largest impediment to SOA is culture, not technology. You can
do SOA with any type of technology, and you should choose a
technology based on the requirements of each particular
system. SOA is about the design of the system, not the selection
of technologies."
For business alignment, I would recommend reading "The Squandered
Computer" by Paul Strassmann. Although it is not to be taken as 100%
gospel, it does contain a lot of food for thought and each chapter
ends with a "What to do" list of suggestions. The experience captured
in that book toward business alignment far outweighs anything in the
SOA literature. In fact, I would suggest reading this book, or be
doomed. 8^)
> If SOA is too abstract, where do things need to be made more
> concrete?
SOA as a business strategy is too abstract. SOA as a technology
approach can be too concrete. Again, I highly recommend "The
Squandered Computer". Better than Zachman and SOA combined.
> Perhaps my feelings on this are more tied to the fact that I've
> always preferred the application of technology to the technology itself.
Me too, which is why I fear SOA more easily than I embrace it at this
point.
-Patrick
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