In some organizations, IT department might be a constrains if they don't have the relative experience that the business need. But in common, it is the technology that is available in the market that limit IT and business too.
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Hitoshi Ozawa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2009/5/17 A W <[email protected] <ashrafwg%40gmail.com>>: > > > > > > > SOA is a business approach and methodology as much as it is a > technological > > approach and methdodlogy. > > "SOA enables businesses to make business decisions supported by > technology > > instead of making business decisions determined by or constrianed by > > technology." > > > SOA enables business people to make better business decisions by > realignng usage of technology to focus more on real world business > needs. > > I'm a little bit confused on "determined by or constrained by > technology". Does "technology" here mean technology department or just > plain technology? > > > I think separating business from the technology is not right because IT > is > > about business. > IT has become an influential element to better conduct business in > many circumstances. Mom & pop stores may do fine without a computer. > > > Human might initiate a service of course, but there are some services > that > > invoke each other with no human interaction. > A service offered by an organization may be used by non-human > consumers (e.g. in supply-chain). However, the end of a business > service or business process should be a human. (This isn't a must if > we let the computer rule the world. :-) ) > > > Work flow is about the business process and activities that some of them, > > with no doubt, implemented as services. > > I appreciate if you tell us what are the other implementations choice for > > services that do not need technology? > Business processes are defined to conduct a business - that is, to > service customers. In other words, business processses are needed > whether they will be conducted by human or not. Limitation of current > technology determines if a service used in a business process can be > automated. > > H.Ozawa > >
