Are you implying that ROI calculation is unnecessary because there may be some other benefit gained?
H.Ozawa --- In [email protected], Alexander Johannesen <alexander.johanne...@...> wrote: > > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 19:58, Hitoshi Ozawa <htshoz...@...> wrote: > > However, there is a > > concern that a failed project might shed a bad image on SOA or even > > worse, if all the budget was used to buy and develop something that is > > totally unusable and was brushed beneath the desk at the dark corner > > of the room. :-) > > Sure, but I suspect that's more due to thinking SOA as a technology or > a "right" answer or a set of methods or something you can wrap up in a > box and sell. Once you get into the "SOA as a set of principles, goals > and philosophies" then in reality, SOA can't fail as a unit or a > connection point or a common signifier. > > Anne is right about "SOA is dead, long live something else that is SOA > but doesn't have those connotations", but the trick is what we're > supposed to say and call it now. I still call it SOA, and then point > out some technologies I use doing it, and people see the disjoint > without me having to point it out, but then, I'm not *selling* SOA so > I guess my approach is different from, say, a consultant. > > > Oh, BTW. somebody found my server, which housed my first attempt at > > ESB, in a forgotten cabinet at the back of the room today. I was > > pretty certain that nobody would find it before I retire. So the world > > goes. lol > > So now they'll hunt you down, drag you out of retirement and make you > pay for your sins? :) > > > Regards, > > Alex > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Project Wrangler, SOA, Information Alchemist, UX, RESTafarian, Topic Maps > ------------------------------------------ http://shelter.nu/blog/ -------- >
