Re: [service-orientated-architecture] Michelson on Model-Driven SOA

[Keith Harrison-Broninski]

Hi Gervas I put some of my thoughts on the subject in an email to this group a couple of days ago, in which I point at articles explaining the importance of starting by modelling business objects and their relationships - and of doing this at the highest, most business-facing level. Here is an explanation of how to integrate such an approach with both management practice and software development: This is the sixth and final entry in a blog series on enterprise software development practices. The aim of this series has been to set into context various current movements from a management viewpoint. In particular, I started out by promising to discuss the relationship of application programming (whose state-of-the-art is evolving rapidly at the moment) to other modern approaches (in particular, SOA and BPM), and to show how the use of all 3 approaches can be properly synchronized within the enterprise. What have I covered so far? I have described the management chaos surrounding all these forms of software development in large organizations (and some organizations that are not so large) - and shown how simple, universal, formal management principles can be applied to sort things out. In particular, this gives you a means not only to integrate the work of diverse teams, but also to ensure that the strategic skills of senior management are leveraged for the business benefit of the organization - even when it comes to IT! In the previous entry, I illustrated this approach by reference to SOA. In this final posting, I will show how BPM and application programming can be brought under the same control. Is your organization an efficient system? -- All the best Keith http://keith.harrison-broninski.info Gervas Douglas wrote: Fair enough, Keith, but what would you suggest as an alternative?  Would you use a modelling system and if so what do you think would be desirable characteristics?   Gervas From: service-orientated-architecture@yahoogroups.com [mailto:service-orientated-architecture@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Harrison-Broninski Sent: 13 October 2006 10:07 To: service-orientated-architecture@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [service-orientated-architecture] Michelson on Model-Driven SOA   Quite an achievement: a "model-driven" architectural technique that manages to avoid mentioning a single concept of interest to business people.  A perfect exemplar of the approach currently being taken to enterprise technology.  Whatever happened to the new IT: successful companies make their IT investments in the core of the business, consistent with their product and service strategies. In almost every case, there's a link between the technology and something the customer can see and buy. --   All the best Keith   http://keith.harrison-broninski.info __._,_.___ SPONSORED LINKS Computer software Computer security software Computer software program Computer fax software Computer virus software Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___