On Wednesday, October 03, 2007, at 01:26PM, "Anne Thomas Manes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> SOA is an enterprise architectural style; Anne, that sounds promising (sorry for missing that in your blog). I wonder if there exists any formal approach towards enterprise architecture and IT governance like the one introduced for software architecture by Shaw and Garlan and later Fielding. I would be particulary interested in reasearch on - what are the elements of an enterprise architecure? - what are the constraints imposed by different enterprise architectural styles? - are these constraints testable? - what are the properties that a given style S induces in architecures that follow that style - how do IT architects and IT governance in general benefit from these properties, IOW, do the induced properties trace to effects that are measurable and predictable from an IT governance POV? What are the practical implications of a style for the enterprise architect's quest. Do you know of any pointers in this direction? Thanks, Jan
