Indeed. As I always tell clients Two things you need for a roadmap
1) Where you are 2) Where you want to go Then you can proceed with little steps. The old Chinese phrase "A journey of a 1,000 miles begins with a single step" is certainly true, but I find its worth making that step in the right direction or you'll look a bit silly in 1,000 miles. Steve 2008/12/19 Anne Thomas Manes <[email protected]>: > I always recommend a "think big, take small steps" methodology. So I > concur with the "take one small step at a time" advice. But I find > that many organizations forget the "think big" part of the equation. > > Anne > > On 12/18/08, htshozawa <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, a little bit late but want to put my +1 with take it one step at >> a time. That's what I've seen too. Many companies are interested in >> doing one project at a time instead of one large enterprise level >> project. The trick is to have institute governance one step at a >> time. :-) >> >> H.Ozawa >> >> --- In [email protected], Michael >> Poulin <m3pou...@...> wrote: >>> >>> This is what I've received today by e-mail from the SearchSOA.com >>> >>> Gartner's Yefim Natis is sure that "SOA is integration". Are we >> getting anywhere with this opinion? >>> >>> "You can only do it in parts of a domain where you have control." - >> sounds to me like you can make some money "in parts" (hey, it is >> the financial crisis, dude) and do not even think about approaching >> your Business telling them that they might make much more money if >> they do it top-down for the real business parts (that cannot be small >> by nature). >>> >>> Thanks to such "experts", "This past summer was a cold one for >> SOA". Indeed, a keyboard (especially, wireless) is not the best tool >> for nut-cracking; why we need it at all? >>> >>> What can we do to slow down spreading such Integration SOA madness? >>> >>> - Michael >>> >>> >>> FROM THE EDITOR >>> >>> >>> Gartner AADI Summit: SOA going into 2009 >>> [Jack Vaughan] >>> >>> >>> Several years into the SOA era of application and integration >> development, SOA continues on without a full consensus opinion of >> what SOA is. >>> Yet there were plenty of takes on what SOA is at this year's >> Gartner's Application Architecture, Development & Integration Summit >> 2008 in Las Vegas, and while the definitions and prognostications on >> SOA remained diverse, a picture emerges. >>> It does seem one great trait of SOA is that it is an ongoing >> process. Its goal is to favorably and repeatedly change development >> outcomes based around logically partitioned services. It shares this >> goal with predecessor components, objects and elements of CASE >> methodologies. But it is different. >>> The idea that 'one SOA fits all' may be fading. "SOA is >> integration. It is a strategic initiative," said Gartner analyst >> Yefim Natis. "You can only do it in parts of a domain where you have >> control." >>> One SOA at a time >>> At last week's Gartner Summit, Natis discussed varieties of SOA, >> and pointed to the fact that many companies are instituting SOAs, but >> they are doing so without a singular architectural blueprint for all >> IT. Some people, according to Natis, are starting to try to federate >> their 'domain SOAs' based on agreed-to interoperability protocols and >> transports that span the full organization. >>> Sometimes, things are best seen in comparison to what they are not. >> In this example, the 'anti-SOA' may be seen as the mainframe >> application of yore. Said Natis: "The monolithic application is the >> other side of SOA." In other words, a SOA is not part of just one app. >>> This past summer was a cold one for SOA, with critics tossing >> barbs, and denigrating aspects of SOA. Some criticism may be well >> placed. The Gartner conference brought to mind a paraphrase of an old >> Elvis Costello song: 'What's so funny about shareable, swappable and >> modular?' SOA is less a technology than a way to dependably extract >> business value from technology. It is a journey, and it involves work. >>> Read more about the Gartner Summit. >>> >>> >>> >>> Gartner AADI Summit: SOA going into 2009 >>> [Jack Vaughan] >>> >>> >>> Several years into the SOA era of application and integration >> development, SOA continues on without a full consensus opinion of >> what SOA is. >>> Yet there were plenty of takes on what SOA is at this year's >> Gartner's Application Architecture, Development & Integration Summit >> 2008 in Las Vegas, and while the definitions and prognostications on >> SOA remained diverse, a picture emerges. >>> It does seem one great trait of SOA is that it is an ongoing >> process. Its goal is to favorably and repeatedly change development >> outcomes based around logically partitioned services. It shares this >> goal with predecessor components, objects and elements of CASE >> methodologies. But it is different. >>> The idea that 'one SOA fits all' may be fading. "SOA is >> integration. It is a strategic initiative," said Gartner analyst >> Yefim Natis. "You can only do it in parts of a domain where you have >> control." >>> One SOA at a time >>> At last week's Gartner Summit, Natis discussed varieties of SOA, >> and pointed to the fact that many companies are instituting SOAs, but >> they are doing so without a singular architectural blueprint for all >> IT. Some people, according to Natis, are starting to try to federate >> their 'domain SOAs' based on agreed-to interoperability protocols and >> transports that span the full organization. >>> Sometimes, things are best seen in comparison to what they are not. >> In this example, the 'anti-SOA' may be seen as the mainframe >> application of yore. Said Natis: "The monolithic application is the >> other side of SOA." In other words, a SOA is not part of just one app. >>> This past summer was a cold one for SOA, with critics tossing >> barbs, and denigrating aspects of SOA. Some criticism may be well >> placed. The Gartner conference brought to mind a paraphrase of an old >> Elvis Costello song: 'What's so funny about shareable, swappable and >> modular?' SOA is less a technology than a way to dependably extract >> business value from technology. It is a journey, and it involves work. >>> Read more about the Gartner Summit. >>> >> >> >> >
