Except for the new Porche Cayenne they drive to work! :) +1 on Johan. We have to keep executives informed so they will be given credits when the project succeeds. :) The actually work probably has to be bottom up.
H.Ozawa --- In [email protected], "Rob Eamon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IMO, business executives never drive much of anything. They > approve/disapprove proposals made by others. :-) > > > At SOA World a couple weeks ago, Johan Nordin, CIO at Volvofinans > > (200 employee finance company for Volvo), one of the featured > > speakers, scoffed at the notion of a top-down mandate from business > > executives to drive SOA. I'm paraphrasing what he said: "I can't > > wait around for executives to agree and let it flow down. We > > wouldn't see it in my lifetime. We have to drive it from beneath > > and from the top." > > Reasonable. But I think you missed my point a little. I wasn't > focused on who was driving the effort. Rather, the bigger bang is > (ostensibly) at the business level, regardless of who drives. > > > If you can't wait around for business executive support, the > > question becomes, can you successfully drive SOA from the IT side? > > I had a short conversation with Anne Manes at JavaOne, asking about > > the characteristics of the few SOA successes she found. One > > company had a surprising level of success where the primary driver > > was a small number of highly motivated, business-centric IT > > *architects*. I was surprised and relieved that an architect could > > have such a positive impact. Actually, I wasn't really surprised, > > but definitely relieved that architects were given credit for this > > change! > > Business-centric is the key, when trying to get the most from SOA and > applying it to the BA/EA levels. > > > IMO, 5+ years from now, with a new wave of MBA's seeping into > > executive management positions with better SOA-aware IT knowledge, > > SOA will be driven by business executives. But for now, I think > > for the vast majority of businesses, it will be the smart, > > influential, business-centric IT people who will drive SOA. > > Let's not forget that IT people are business people! IT is a part of > the business! :-) > > -Rob >
