RE: [soa-rm] On UML

["Paul Embley" <pembley@mstar.net>]

The Global group (more info at www.it.ojp.gov) has produced a paper for
"executives" in our world (police chiefs, judges, prosecutors, and so on).
I'm attaching the paper.  If it fits, feel free to use.  Also, I can
probably get a copy the group can modify if there is interest.

Paul S. Embley
Practitioner Resource Group
G&H International Services, Inc.
502.695.7733 (office)
502.545.0127 (cell)
502.695.0055 (fax)
pembley@ghinternational.com
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Smith, Martin [mailto:Martin.Smith@DHS.GOV] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:38 PM
To: Metz Rebekah; soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [soa-rm] On UML

+1

I know that I have had CIOs and business execs ask me for a "Dummy's
Guide to SOA" in the past few months.  Like enterprise architecture (or
home-building architecture), the key is to define a meaningful view of
the thing to the various types of participants in the overall project .
. .

I don't see the Dummy's Guide as the first deliverable, but I hope it's
in there someplace.


Martin


-----Original Message-----
From: Metz Rebekah [mailto:metz_rebekah@bah.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:33 PM
To: soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [soa-rm] On UML

Ken started an *excellent* list of questions that will help to flesh out
the SOA RM and our assumptions about it.  Based on that discussion
thread, the UML vs. mind-mapping discussions and the technical vs.
non-technical discussion, I suggest that we should first agree on *who*
the intended audiences of the reference model are?  Having a clear
definition of intended audience will direct the content, representation
and tone of the components/sections/portions of the reference model.  It
may also resolve the editorial approach discussions as well.

I don't believe that saying technical and non-technical audiences is
sufficient clarification.  There are several types of "techies" that all
require different types of information.  Are we distinguishing between
them?  For the non-technical, are we providing material only at the
executive primer level?  I know that when I first start exploring a
reference model or standard, I would find it tremendously useful to
understand what the target audience is and to frame the problem somewhat
before presenting the solution.

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Global Infrastructure Report.pdf