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Enterprise Business Architecture (EBA) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Initiatives

Author(s):

Ralph Whittle

Enterprise Business Architect, Independent Consultant

Most companies today have a strategic initiative focused on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) development. Some of these efforts struggled in the early days, but many now have clear goals and measurable objectives. Many of these same companies also have an Enterprise Business Architecture (EBA) initiative as well, or at least some type of Business Process Modeling or Business Process Management initiative. Here again, initially it was a struggle, too.

Successful Process Improvement Requires the Right Mindset

Author(s):

Andrew Spanyi

Faculty Member, DBizInstitute.org and Managing Director, Spanyi International

To best take advantage of the power of BPM technology, enterprises first need to achieve a certain aptitude and the right attitude for understanding and improving the firm's large business processes. BPM is not a trendy technical fix for problems. It is a discipline...

SOA Requires Organizational Change

Author(s):

BPMInstitute.org

Business Relationship Manager - Product Lifecycle Management, Chevron Corporation

I recently have been working on service-oriented architecture (SOA) models for various clients. Doing this, I have noticed that the models are fairly technical and mostly rudimentary.

Embracing Services: SOA Governance

Author(s):

BPMInstitute.org

Business Relationship Manager - Product Lifecycle Management, Chevron Corporation

Organizations are often mystified at how to implement Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Leaders yearn to sprinkle magic ‘SOA pixie dust’ on their IT organization and transform design and development processes. But holistic architectures are not created by accident. Best practices are forged through the application of engineering discipline and rigor.

Many Global 2000 companies are not ready to embrace services. The design and development teams must first learn how to properly govern their IT processes.

There is an “A” and Silent “M” in SOA

Author(s):

BPMInstitute.org

Business Relationship Manager - Product Lifecycle Management, Chevron Corporation

The majority of SOA initiatives that are launched over the next three years will end in disappointment – some initiatives will end in complete failure, while others will simply not deliver the flexibility, reuse and efficiency that SOA promises.

This wont be because of any shortage of cool technology.

New Directions in BPMS Technology

Author(s):

BPMInstitute.org

Business Relationship Manager - Product Lifecycle Management, Chevron Corporation

Dr. Bruce Silver defines Business Process Management as a better way to think about the business, seeing across functional and organizational lines. The existing structure of most businesses is a vertical stovepipe arrangement, which goes against this kind of thinking. Great benefits can be achieved from the technology through process automation when BPM is employed, particularly with the human tasks involved. This allows for integration and agility within the enterprise. Another benefit is the ability to monitor the process metrics.

Where Do We Start? A Collaborative Approach to Business Process Management

Author(s):

Tammy Adams

Managing Partner, Chaosity, LLC

You’ve been asked to improve how your organization works. But where to start? Do you just lock yourself away in a closet and attempt to figure out what’s going wrong or do you create an interactive web survey to elicit large volumes of improvement ideas? Based on our experience, we’ve found the most effective path to improvement lies somewhere in between. Using collaborative group working sessions, you can make better decisions and ultimately increase acceptance of change, by effectively leveraging the knowledge of your internal experts.

Business Rules in the System Life Cycle – Where do they belong?

Author(s):

Barbara von Halle

Managing Partner & Founder, Knowledge Partners International LLP

A Little Background

Visualize Progress

Author(s):

Raj Ramesh

Chief Story Teller, TopSigma

Perpetual development

I slid the CD into the drive, and clicked the ‘install’ icon on my Windows XP system. The percentage complete indicator showed 5%, 35%, 78%, 91%, 99%, all within the first 20 seconds, and then stood at 99% for about 3 minutes.

Collaborative Business-IT Architecture Realignment

Author(s):

William Ulrich

President, TSG, Inc.

IT architectures are merely a reflection of what business units have been requesting for decades. As the business changed, so too did the IT environment. Unfortunately, complex and often redundant data and application architectures can no longer adapt to increasingly dynamic business requirements. Coupled with the fact that the business architecture itself may be ill suited to respond to industry dynamics, it is clear that enterprise architecture realignment must be a collaborative effort involving key business and IT stakeholders.