When developing any kind of software, how its developed boils down to certain factors like changing requirements and project scope. However, from one SOA project to another, these factors seem to be more or less the same regardless of whether BPM is involved or not. If that is the case, would it...read more
What seems to be interesting is that many of the respondents share similar experiences relating to their SOA projects, and the development of web services - suggesting that web service development is...read more
Is there a standard definition of Choreography & Orchestration?
I have found some definitions online, but they don’t seem consistent... anyone using a common definition that I can leverage with my team.read more
Orchestration is a term used to describe the traditional notion of managed or directed execution, where activities are carried out, with branching and synchronization of different threads....read more
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Often the time and effort which is spent in doing PROPER business process modeling is ignored, underestimated and not budgeted by the project team. It is only when it comes to model processes, that people realize it may have a non-negligeable cost. I'm trying to see if some of you have some...read more
The above discussions have focused on modeling the HAPPY DAY scenario i.e. the model in which everything goes the way you want it to go 100% of the time. But bad things happen during a process. If...read more
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Here's a question that was proposed by Phil McKinney, VP of Innovation Labs at Hewlett Packard. It probably is one of his killer questions.
"What is that customers do not like about buying your product?"
As a BPM consultant, , I know customers don't like that the process improvement "takes so...read more
I've seen many business transformation efforts over the years; some more successful than others.
The more successful transformation efforts were those that considered the people, processes, and technology involved in the change - not just the people as is often the case in "organizational" change...read more
As I read this thread, I find myself not in disagreement, and yet wanting to see the list of critical ingredients required for transformation more complete. The first additional, critical...read more
In the "BA Strategy and Value" discussion elsewhere in the Business Architecture forum, this topic has arisen repeatedly. Reference has been made in one instance, as follows: "There is a vast body of knowledge that reaches across many of the white papers, OMG postings, and training material that...read more
There are several subgroups of the Business Architecture Special Interest Group (BASIG) at the OMG, working on different parts of the agenda William Ulrich laid out in an earlier post. I am working...read more
Executive Sponsorship is so important, but organizations do it many different ways. What I find is that choosing the right sponsor, and being clear on what they do is critical. So how does your organization find sponsors at the process level and for the organization? And what critical value do...read more
I have found with my clients that there are three important things for sponsors to do: 1. Set the improvement targets for each of their BPM initiatives or projects 2. Select a strong project lead...read more
I recently attended the Forrester IT Forum 2010 in Las Vegas, NV and I asked one of the senior Forrester analyst (who spoke about using Capability Maps to bridge the business-I.T. divide) a question that's been bugging me for some time.
To sum it up, a (business) capability map is sort of your "...read more
JD Tell us where you think business architecture should be situated and the remaining answers to your questions about capability maps, process models, etc. will all become quite clear.read more
BI requires the gathering of, providing access to, and analyzing of data in order to help users make better business decisions. The Data Services Layer created to solve the “integration” problem using Service Oriented Integration has an important secondary usage; it also lays the...read more
