Thank you for clearing it up. Your findings is consistent with what I've been thinking. I'm using an "ESB" as a alternative to custom programming to create service interfaces to existing applications (resources) which does not already have service interfaces.
One more question. Did the company initiate the project as a SOA project or more of a investmentin social improvement? H.Ozawa --- In [email protected], "Anne Thomas Manes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Only a few companies talked to me about how much strategic progress > they'd made. As I said in the presentation, the success stories were > very inspiring. And they all involved an investment in social capital. > One thing I found really surprising was that the people from the > successful initiatives rarely talked about their infrastructure. I had > to explicitly solicit the information from them. From their > perspective, the technology was the least important aspect of their > initiative. Typically, they built their services using existing > application platforms -- they didn't bring in an ESB. I think all of > them were using some type of management technology (e.g., Amberpoint > or Actional). They rarely talked about design-time governance -- other > than improving their SDLC processes. They implemented governance via > better processes. Most of it was human-driven, although many use > repositories to manage artifacts and coordinate lifecycle. But again, > the governance effort was less important than the investment in social > capital. > > I'm still committed to my assertion that governance is critical to a > successful SOA initiative--but only because governance is a means to > effect behavioral change. The true success factor is changing > behavior. > > Anne > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 6:17 AM, htshozawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Interesting article. > > Just curious Anne, who decided is the project was a success or a > > failure and what was the timeframe when the deciding data was measured? > > Was it immediately after the project finished or was it may be a year > > after? > > > > I'm just wondering because most people involved in the project will > > rate it as a success. :) > > > > H.Ozawa > > > > --- In [email protected], "Gervas > > > > Douglas" <gervas.douglas@> wrote: > >> > >> According to Burton Group vice president and research director Anne > >> Thomas Manes, some users had executed nearly perfectly in terms of > >> doing SOA on the IT side, but the initiative had yielded no increased > >> agility, quicker time to market or project savings because the > >> business remained completely oblivious to the initiative. Yet the > >> study also found that users who do break down artificial corporate > >> barriers, install proper governance and involve the business have > >> runaway success stories to tell. > >> > > > > >
