Jerry Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070617 10:31]: > > Is BPM an architecture? IMO, no. SOA exists at a > > higher level of > > abstraction IMO. SOA is not a technology. > > > > Process is at higher level abstraction than service. > Each level has both business aspect and IT aspect.
I'm not sure that both concepts can be compared. A business process (in an end-to-end scenario) is the internal view on value-creation. The outside view is the service offered to the customer. The customer consumes the services, but is usually not interested how the service value is created. So I think service and business process belong together, even though not every service must be provided by a business process. Regards, Sebastian
