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VALUE

OF SOA

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Input Processing Output

Sales

Orders

Procurement

Government

ERP

Requirement

Design

Manufacturing

Legal

Finance

Logistics

Support

Customs

Enterprise as a process


I II III


VIRTUALIZATION

OF SOFTWARE


Host Silo Service


OPPORTUNITY:

BRIDGE THE

BABYLONIAN

CONFUSION

FREE DATA

FLOW

BETWEEN ALL INVOLVED

PARTIES


QUICK

REACTION

TO BUSINESS NEEDS BY

COMBINING SERVICES



EVOLVE

THE SYSTEM LANDSCAPE

ONE SERVICE AT A TIME


RISK:

FLEA CIRCUS


SOA = CHEAP


= Operations

Host Silo Service


PRE-CONDITION:

MATURITY

Transition to the Information Enterprise

Maturity levels

Effective Partnerships Effective cross-functional integration; seamless interaction;

sophisticated systems; effective use of IT to achieve goals in another

area; strong and transparent communication structures

Data and Needs

Resolution

Developing more proactive participation and collaboration mechanisms;

efforts focused on developing a shared understanding of data and

support needs; access to data and resolving data quality issues

Communication

Development

Working toward better interdepartmental understanding and developing

quality communication; begin getting more interdepartmental input in

planning and decision-making processes; basic participation and

collaboration occur

Basic Understanding

Trust, basic understanding, and appreciation are all issues to be

resolved; interaction begins to focus on communication of basic

information such as priorities and rationales for decision making; the

medium and frequency of communication are very important

Dis-Integration Integration does not exist; open hostility or nearly complete lack of

understanding or trust might be present; there is little to no effective

interaction related to the work relationship

Degre

e o

f cro

ss-f

unctional in

tegra

tion

From: Breaking out of the IT silo: The integration maturity model, Mark R. Nelson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute


SUCCESS FACTOR:

DISCIPLINE


CONCLU

SION

SOA IS A

NECESSITY


DRIVERS ARE

NOT COST

SAVINGS,

BUT BUSINESS

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MOST IMPORTANT

BENEFIT:

FREE DATA FLOW

ACROSS

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