| Title: |
Business Modeling for SOA - Part Three: How the Business Does |
| Author: |
Richard Veryard |
| Publication Date: |
22 March 2006 |
| Report Type: |
Journal |
| Report Class: |
Best Practice |
| Abstract: |
Collaboration and Context.
Third of a three-part article on the business modeling techniques examining policy on differentiation and standardization.
What makes each business unique is the particular set of strategies and policies it adopts within its chosen contexts. Proper use of SOA technology gives the business considerable flexibility in managing these strategies and policies, and adjusting them according to changing demand.
We do this by systematically decoupling the WHAT from the HOW.
This moves a lot of the business complexity from the WHAT to the HOW. As a result, the WHAT can be kept simple and generic – and is more likely to be a candidate for sharing and/or external provision. With good articulation, at the right level of granularity, this potentially delivers high levels of dynamic adaptability. Policies can be themselves subject to more abstract policies – consequently the geometry of the business itself (including the degree of coupling and integration between different systems and services) may itself be policy-driven, and therefore adjusted in response to changing demand.
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| Backgrounder: |
This series of articles is intended to provide an overview of the business modeling techniques recommended by the CBDI Forum. For the purposes of these articles, we shall assume some familiarity with the better-known techniques and concentrate on the lesser-known techniques. (More comprehensive coverage is available in our education products.)
In the recent CBDI Forum meeting in London, there was some lively discussion within the business track about the ways of using SOA to deliver value to the business. Business models can be used to define the context and business case for SOA within a specific organization, and to improve the scope of SOA projects. More interestingly, service-oriented business models can be used to support a new dialogue between IT and the business, with a joint exploration of the strategic opportunities of the service-based business.
In this series of articles, we are going to develop business models that show business from three perspectives.
- What the business does
- What the business knows
- How the business does |
| Report Size: |
8 pages |
| Report Access Type: |
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