I prefer to calculate ROI instead of cost, and two values - short-term and long-term ROI. A lot of current problems in the companies is in that they calculated just the cost of implementation... Do you know how to calculate potential benefits in monetary metrics?
- Michael ________________________________ From: htshozawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 9:59:17 PM Subject: [service-orientated-architecture] Re: Rhody tells you how to sell SOA Understood. The definition of flexibility isn't ambigous. Also want to point out the there is a cost associated with obtaining flexibility. I think it's better to calculate the benefit that may be obtained from flexibility to see if it is more than the cost associated with it. H.Ozawa --- In service-orientated- architecture@ yahoogroups. com, Michael Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED] .> wrote: > > Exactly, it "does not equal profit", and may be not good for every process. If I look at the Business with Service Eye (where process is just an implementation) , flexibility is what is needed in frequently changing external environment. If the latter does not change or changes slowly, flexibility is not that crucial. > > So, the first is a requirement for flexibility that comes from the business needs/market/ external environment; which business service/process has to be made flexible is the second. > > I tried to point that flexibility is not that ambiguous. > > - Michael >
