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Subject: RE: [soa-rm] RM at Open Group...
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It’s interesting to hear this
comment this morning. Yesterday afternoon, one of my colleagues mentioned some
discussions he had at a recent Gartner Group event. The feedback he provided
was that the SOA-RM did a good job at describe business services, but didn’t
acknowledge that things at a purely technical level (e.g. a storage service)
can also be SOA without tying directly back to the business. My reaction to that comment is to say that
even a ‘purely technical’ service ties back to the capabilities.
Perhaps they might tie in through the IT supply chain rather than a 1:1
correspondence to a business need. Nevertheless, I would argue why someone
would offer a service if they don’t anticipate that they will provide
that service to someone else. That mission objective may be a small part of
the over mission objective for an enterprise – but it certainly should be
traceable. That said, if we’re receiving
comments from both perspective – we’ve probably struck decent
middle ground. Perhaps a primer on the RM might express these perspectives and
how the RM supports both of them? Rebekah Rebekah Associate Booz Allen Hamilton Voice: (703) 377-1471 Fax: (703) 902-3457 From: Jones,
Steve G [mailto:steve.g.jones@capgemini.com] Capgemini are also fairly
heavily involved in Open Group (running the BP group for instance) and at the
SOA event the RM has come up in discussion…. Some feedback from the folks
there “We are looking at the OASIS SOA reference model in
the SOA forum in Open Group - and having had a quick look at the document (scan
at best, not complete) it looks like it actually can define SOA at a business
level (Business Services) but the document has some references/qualifications
in definitions that tie it to technology, application, etc. This
seems like a missed opportunity to define SOA as about business services.” I actually think the
document applies equally well in both technical and business domains but it
might be something to tighten in the wording to help ensure that message comes
across. Steve ___________________________________________________________ Steve Jones | Capgemini
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