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Subject: Re: [soa-rm-ra] intro discussion for Wednesday [was: [soa-rm-ra]positioning SOA on the cusp between IT and business]
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Odell" <email@jamesodell.com>
To: soa-rm-ra@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [soa-rm-ra] intro discussion for Wednesday [was: [soa-rm-ra] positioning SOA on the cusp between IT and business]
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:39:12 -0400
Am in strong agreement with this distinction, as well. I have made the
difference between "business service' and "IT service" -- keeping the
dichotomy clear. But, I can compromise on "business service' and "SOA
service".
-Jim
On 9/24/09 1:10 AM, "Rex Brooks" indited:
> My task was to get the work rolling. I have minor quibbles with correct
> English grammar in Boris's additions, and I agree with Jeff that the
> distinction between "business service' and "SOA service" needs to be
> made. In general I think simpler is better, but as long as the grammar
> is corrected, I'd be fine with Boris's additions. I don't have any
> problems with Bob's minor rewording, but i don't see why he dropped
> Boris's additions..
>
> I'll look at it again in the morning.
>
> Cheers,
> Rex
>
> Lublinsky, Boris wrote:
>> You through away all changes that were suggested after this initial one?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ellinger, Robert S (IS) [mailto:robert.ellinger@ngc.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 6:41 PM
>> To: rexb@starbourne.com
>> Cc: Laskey, Ken; mpoulin@usa.com; soa-rm-ra@lists.oasis-open.org
>> Subject: RE: [soa-rm-ra] intro discussion for Wednesday [was:
>> [soa-rm-ra] positioning SOA on the cusp between IT and business]
>>
>> I'd recommend some minor rewording...
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rex Brooks [mailto:rexb@starbourne.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:16 PM
>> To: rexb@starbourne.com
>> Cc: Laskey, Ken; mpoulin@usa.com; soa-rm-ra@lists.oasis-open.org
>> Subject: Re: [soa-rm-ra] intro discussion for Wednesday [was:
>> [soa-rm-ra] positioning SOA on the cusp between IT and business]
>>
>> First pass at the Section 1.2 as an additional paragraph after the first
>> paragraph. I include the first paragraph and the start of the current
>> second paragraph here for the context:
>>
>> 1.2 Service Oriented Archtecture - An Ecosystem Perspective
>>
>> Many systems cannot be understood by a simple decomposition into parts
>> and subsystems -- in particular when there are many interactions between
>> the parts. For example, a biological ecosystem is a self-sustaining
>> association of plants, animals, and the hysical environment in which
>> they live. Undestanding an ecosystem often requires a holistic
>> perspective rather than one focusing on the system's individual parts.
>>
>> The SOA Ecosystem described in this document occupies the boundary
>> between Business and IT. It is neither wholly IT nor wholly Business,
>> but is of both worlds. Neither Business nor IT completely own, govern
>> and manage this SOA Ecosystem. Both sets of concerns must be
>> accommodated for the SOA Ecosystem to fulfill its purposes. Business
>> needs drive the development of services delivered through IT, providing
>> the capability that satisfies those needs. This is the business value of
>> SOA.
>>
>> From a holistic perspective, a SOA-based system is a network of
>> independent services, machines, the people who operate, affect, use and
>> govern those services as well as ...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rex
>>
>> Rex Brooks wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Ken, Everyone,
>>>
>>> I believe that the email you are looking for is your reply to Frank:
>>> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/soa-rm-ra/email/archives/
>>> 200906/msg00012.html
>>>
>>>
>>> This is what Frank Wrote Jun 14, 2009, at 7:12 PM:
>>>
>>> "I sympathize with the sentiment behind this. We have consistently
>>> identified SOA as being at the boundary between business and IT. It is
>>>
>>
>>
>>> neither wholly IT nor wholly business but is of both worlds.
>>>
>>> That represents potentially one of SOA's greatest opportunities; and
>>> the source of its weaknesses: neither business nor IT can completely
>>> own/grok SOA.
>>>
>>> Frank"
>>>
>>> The email referenced above contains the most or all of the thread "Are
>>>
>>
>>
>>> we being ignored?"
>>>
>>> I'm not sure we would help ourselves if we say more than "The SOA
>>> Ecosystem described in this document occupies the boundary between
>>> Business and IT. It is neither wholly IT nor wholly Business, but is
>>> of both worlds. Neither Business nor IT completely own, govern and
>>> manage this SOA Ecosystem. Both sets of concerns MUST be accommodated
>>> for the SOA Ecosystem to fulfill its purposes."
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Rex
>>>
>>>
>>> Laskey, Ken wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is a reminder that this week we are scheduled to discuss adding
>>>> the text on the overlap of SOA and business. Below is text suggested
>>>>
>>
>>
>>>> by Michael Poulin and there is another email from Boris with a lot of
>>>>
>>
>>
>>>> idea that would need to be condensed and added/substituted/combined.
>>>> Let's get the discussion far enough along that we can bring this to
>>>> (close to) closure by the end of Wednesday's call.
>>>>
>>>> I remember there was an email where Frank wrote something very crisp
>>>> on this subject that I replied was exactly what we needed to say.
>>>> Unfortunately, I have no idea when that email thread occurred. If
>>>> someone could find it, I think it would be a good contribution to the
>>>>
>>
>>
>>>> discussion.
>>>>
>>>> Back to Mike's suggested text, two immediate things come to mind.
>>>>
>>>> 1. Section 1.4 is a discussion of the views and this is not a view to
>>>>
>>
>>
>>>> be added as 1.4.4. I think it fits after section 1.2, possibly as
>>>> another short section.
>>>>
>>>> 2. It is not obvious to me what the phrase "the similarity of the
>>>> principles of the Value Networks business model" means.
>>>>
>>>> Ken
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> ------
>>>>
>>>> Dr. Kenneth Laskey
>>>> MITRE Corporation, M/S H305 phone: 703-983-7934
>>>> 7515 Colshire Drive fax:
>>>> 703-983-1379
>>>> McLean VA 22102-7508
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: mpoulin@usa.com [mailto:mpoulin@usa.com] Sent: Thursday,
>>>> September 10, 2009 11:31 AM
>>>> To: soa-rm-ra@lists.oasis-open.org
>>>> Subject: [soa-rm-ra] positioning SOA on the cusp between IT and
>>>> business
>>>>
>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>> I join Francis and Boris in suggestion that SOA RA's Introduction
>>>> would benefit from adding a couple of paragraphs on the business
>>>> aspects of SOA positioned across Business and IT.
>>>>
>>>> In the previous message I composed a few words for a small section on
>>>>
>>
>>
>>>> this topic and propose to discuss them as an initial draft during the
>>>>
>>
>>
>>>> next (or following) Telecom. Proposed text may be found in the middle
>>>>
>>
>>
>>>> of this message chain.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> - Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> -----------
>>>>
>>>> Subject: RE: todos for PR2
>>>>
>>>> From: mpoulin@usa.com To: soa-rm-ra@lists.oasis-open.org Date: 8 Sep
>>>> 2009 16:21:26 -0000
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> -----------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "positioning SOA on the cusp between IT and business" is what I write
>>>>
>>
>>
>>>> a lot for last few months. So, let me propose a strawman for this
>>>>
>> text:
>>
>>>> 1.4.4 Business Value of the Service Oriented Architecture
>>>>
>>>> A Service Oriented Architecture realizes principles of the concept of
>>>>
>>
>>
>>>> service orientation in the sphere of architecture. The architecture
>>>> in the organisation comprises both business architecture and
>>>> technical architecture of the systems [ref. to TOGAF 9.0]. While
>>>> SOA-based systems address aspects of the technical architecture, the
>>>> similarity of the principles of the Value Networks business model and
>>>>
>>
>>
>>>> SOA allows us to see SOA as a conceptual bridge between corporate
>>>> Business and IT.
>>>>
>>>> Noticed similarity opens up new possibilities for Business and IT to
>>>> construct service-oriented customer-centric convergent solutions for
>>>> business problems. Service orientation enables operational and
>>>> technical flexibility, which contributes to business efficiency the
>>>> great deal. The Service Orientation concept has the potential not
>>>> only to align IT with Business, but also to align the entire company
>>>> with the market dynamics.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If the ideas in this writing are acceptable, I will work on the
>>>>
>> wording.
>>
>>>> - Michael Poulin
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> -----------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Francis McCabeTo:
>>>> "soa-rm-ra@lists.oasis-open.org RA" <soa-rm-ra@lists.oasis-open.org>
>>>> Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 19:24:08 -0700
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> -----------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1. As Boris alluded to, I think that a paragraph or two in the
>>>> introduction positioning SOA on the cusp between IT and business
>>>> could be very useful. It is also pretty faithful to the RAF!
>>>>
>>>> 2. The concept of interaction in the RM referred *everything*
>>>> involved in interacting with services. For the RA we have to unpack
>>>> that some. This is the foundation for the multi-leveled concept of
>>>> joint action. This should go in Section 3.1.
>>>>
>>>> 3. I think that Danny's security diagram should be updated and
>>>> incorporated.
>>>>
>>>> 4. The trust and willingness stuff should go in.
>>>>
>>>> 5. It would be good if we could go through the text bolding defined
>>>> concepts.
>>>>
>>>>
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