>> But this is an enterprise architect's job. The EA frameworks are >> tools
> Sure, I accept it's their job - what I'm getting at is that I'm not > sure how achievable the targets of such a job are. It all sounds > fine in theory............... This should be the business responsibility but it has to incorporate IT opportunity and cost. A book I'd highly recommend (along with yesterday's The Squandered Computer for IT/biz alignment) is "Business Process Management: Profiting From Process" by Roger Burlton for what the business should be doing. And "Improving Performance: How to Manage the White Space in the Organization Chart" by Rummler and Brache. Both of these books take a "lean" approach to organizing and improving business processes. The important thing about these three books is they present experience that seems to withstand the coming and going of fads. SOA can teeter on the brink of faddishness. The depth of SOA in terms of real business strategy is not there relative to the content of these latter two books. The depth of SOA in terms of technical strategy is *too* deep relative to the Squandered book. SOA technical strategies can be applied within the business alignment context of Squandered. I think there is a danger in conflating business alignement with architecture strategy. Business alignment is a way of focussing. Architecture strategies should be considered as solution *alternatives*. Many alternatives should be considered and commitments delayed as long as possible. "Keep your options open." Three or four messages and I have not mentioned HTTP in any of them! Cheers! 8^) -Patrick ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/NhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
