Re: [ebsoa] Process-Oriented Architectures (POA)

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

David RR Webber wrote:
> 
> Joe,
> 
> I humbly submit this is a redherring.
> 
> Service Oriented IMHO already implies Process by extension  - since
> behind the delivery of any service there must be a process
> controlling and facilitating it.   Tha'ts why BPSS and BPEL are part
> of the SOA stack.

Thanks David - but according to whom are they part of the SOA stack?

Joe
 
> We need another acronym like a hole in the head - let's leave that
> stuff to the professionals at Gartner to dream up, eh?  ; -)
> 
> Cheers, DW.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@bah.com>
> To: "ebSOA" <ebsoa@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Cc: "Monica J. Martin" <monica.martin@sun.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 9:30 AM
> Subject: [ebsoa] Process-Oriented Architectures (POA)
> 
> > 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?
> > --
> > Kind Regards,
> > Joseph Chiusano
> > Associate
> > Booz | Allen | Hamilton
> >

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Kind Regards,
Joseph Chiusano
Associate
Booz | Allen | Hamilton