Process-Oriented Architectures (POA)

["Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@bah.com>]

I know that our concentration is to be service-oriented architectures,
but at the same time I'm thinking about what will lie beyond (so that we
can best prepare). A term popped into my head on the way home yesterday
(the DC Beltway apparatentely inspires me): Process-Oriented
Architecture, or "POA".

Has anyone heard this term used before? I Google'd it and found few
hits, all of which seemed to be individual (rather than corporate)
references.

As you can tell from the term, just as SOAs enable (involve, pick your
favorite word here) the use of shared services, POAs will extend SOAs to
enable the use of shared Web Services-based processes that are based on
shared Web Services that are defined within SOAs, working in concert
with each other. So for a US federal application (my primary client),
this could mean a set of shared Web Services-based business processes
for federal agencies, in a flexible, agile, process environment.

Does this concept resound with anyone?
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Kind Regards,
Joseph Chiusano
Associate
Booz | Allen | Hamilton