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Being Intelligent with SOA: Using SOA to Lay the Foundation of your Business Intelligence (BI) Initiatives

Author(s):

Sumeet Vij

Assistant Vice President/ Chief Engineer, Alion Science and Technology

SOA purists might scoff at using SOA for integration [1], but for many enterprises, Service Oriented Integration (SOI) remains one of the prime motivations for embarking on the SOA journey. Agreed SOI by itself doesn’t achieve the avowed goals of agility or elimination of redundant IT infrastructure, but it helps the enterprise address real concerns, now. The SOA Manifesto [2] states that Business value is of higher priority over technical strategy; hence easier integration with SOA is a valid goal of a SOA initiative.

Manage the People or Manage the Process?

Author(s):

Shelley Sweet

Faculty Member, BPMInstitute.org and President, i4 Process

When you are trying to handle a problem, make an improvement, change the culture, or implement a key strategy where do you go first – to manage the people or manage the process?

Consider these four scenarios. Would you approach the situation by managing the people or managing the process? Rate each one against the 5 criteria and think about why you selected the rating. We will come back to these four scenarios at the end at the end of the article and consider them further.

Changing – A Core Business Competency

Author(s):

Daniel Morris

Managing Principle, Wendan Consulting

With the operational problems caused by the current economy and the uncertainty that possible new legislation is causing, the need to change quickly and effectively is greater than ever. Few companies are prepared or capable of rapid, efficient change – especially broad based change.

Putting Business Information Architecture to Work

Author(s):

Jim Rhyne

Principal Consultant, Software Renovation Consulting

In a previous article, we talked about using web semantic technologies such as OWL and SBVR to create conceptual models of a business. In this article, we explore an example of using a Business Information Architecture to solve a business/IT problem. The architecture exercise helped clarify thinking about the possible solution forms and served as a model for the corresponding IT application and data changes.

Can SharePoint 2007 be my Enterprise Business Process Management (BPM) Solution?

Author(s):

BPMInstitute.org

Business Relationship Manager - Product Lifecycle Management, Chevron Corporation

SharePoint 2007 provides a basic set of business process management (BPM) functionality. Many IT shops and business users who have SharePoint 2007 running in their environment may be wondering what BPM capabilities SharePoint 2007 does have, and how it stacks up to traditional packages that promote themselves as complete BPM solutions.

Most Enterprise BPM solutions are comprised of the following high level components:

Six Simple Steps for Accelerating and Perfecting Requirements: A Framework, a New Model, and Visualization

Author(s):

Larry Goldberg

Managing Partner, Knowledge Partners International LLP

Software engineering is a much younger discipline than are other branches of engineering. We see this in the continuing evolution of attitudes and approaches to requirements. In early days, there were no requirements. In later days, there were volumes of approved textual statements. Eventually, there were formal models. Today, sometimes models and statements are merely interim deliverables because code becomes the requirements.

The Value of Improving and Managing Processes

Author(s):

Daniel Madison

Principal, Value Creation Partners

What is a process?

A process is a combination of steps and activities that creates some output or result. It represents the flow of work and information through an organization. It is the mechanism for creating and delivering value to a customer.

Process and Department

The Role of Business Architecture and Organizational Change Management in Business Transformation

Author(s):

Geoffrey Balmes

Business Architect Executive, Independent Consultant

In previous articles I have attempted to make the case for the role of the Business Architect in Organizational Change Management (OCM) and the role of OCM in driving Business Architecture (BA). Clearly this author believes that BA and OCM are tightly coupled. In this article, I present my view on how BA contributes to business transformation through OCM.

The Strategic Promise of SOA to Supply Chain Management

Author(s):

Tom Dwyer

Editorial Director and current Faculty Member, BPMInstitute.org

Attaining superior efficiency, high visibility and customer satisfaction across the entire supply/demand chain is essential for all organizations in today’s competitive markets. Supply chain efficiency has profound implications on an enterprise’s ability to meet its customer’s demands, the enterprise’s reputation, and the overall financial success of the enterprise. However, an enterprise’s supply chain also presents the single biggest opportunity for operational inefficiencies in any enterprise.

Business Rules in the Process Age

Author(s):

BPMInstitute.org

Business Relationship Manager - Product Lifecycle Management, Chevron Corporation

In a previous article “Integrated Business Management in the Process Age”, I discussed the dawn of the process age which follows on the Information age. In that article I stated that an organisation’s maturity in the Process Age can be plotted against its ability to utilise and manage the five basic capabilities for high performance: People, Guidance, Processes, Information and Resources.

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