Free SOA and BPM Webinar Roundup August 28, 2009
Posted by Ian Louw in Analysis & Research, BPM, BPM Resources, Resources, SOA.Tags: BPM, BPM Resources, Business Process Management, Business Strategy, Forrester, Gartner, IT Strategy, SOA
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There has been a lot of talk in the press recently about SOA and BPM and convergence. In a recent article from Joe McKendrick entitled ‘Will vendors finally force SOA and BPM to mingle?‘ the following observation was made wrt BPM and SOA convergence:
It may take time for the SOA and BPM worlds to come together anyway. It’s like the separate Francophone and Anglophone cultures that exist in Canada; the Scotts, Welsh, English, and Irish in the UK; the Flemish and Francophones in Belgium; or the residents of North and South New Jersey. They’ll all agree to exist under one roof, but that’s about it — they still want their own ways of doing things.
As a result, I thought it may be useful to share some of my resources on SOA and BPM….
Gartner who have made 2 complimentary BPM webinars available:
- Using BPM to Survive, Thrive and Capitalize in a Turbulent Economy
- How to Use Process as a Competitive Weapon
Free registration for both can be found here
New IT Capability Maturity Framework (IT-CMF) – Assessment Tool Released June 12, 2009
Posted by Ian Louw in Analysis & Research, Enterprise Architecture, IT Strategy, Resources.Tags: Business Performance Management, Capability Maturity Model, EA, Frameworks, IT Governance, IT Strategy, IT-CMF, Operational Cost Reduction, Risk Management, Standards
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The Innovation Value Institute (IVI) at the National University of Ireland (NUI) has launched the IT Capability Maturity Framework (IT-CMF).
It is said to provide a concise management roadmap to optimize business value derived from IT investments. This framework is postioned as a tool that can be used to deliver greater business value from IT while reducing the complexity of IT choices for CIOs.
According to IVI, the IT-CMF provides a management roadmap to optimize business value derived from IT investments. IT-CMF provides an integrated roadmap that:
- Leverages the power of existing best practices
- Open Innovation: is being developed by a diverse consortium of academic and business leaders
- Is being tested in the real world at every stage of development
- An actionable approach that helps IT design, deliver and manage for business value
SOA Adoption – So Far, So Good…. May 15, 2009
Posted by Ian Louw in Analysis & Research, BPM Articles, Enterprise Architecture, IT Strategy.Tags: Analysis & Research, Cloud, Forrester, IT Strategy, Market Trends, SOA
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Towards the end of 2008, Dave Linthicum issued his predictions for the year ahead in service oriented architecture. They are summarised below:
- The interest in cloud computing (or WOA, Web 2.0, or insert current Webby buzzword here) will drive many enterprises toward SOA
- The explosion in PaaS (platform as a service) will leave many enterprise architects and CIOs scratching their heads
- The economy will recover, but most enterprises out there will focus on cost reduction
- There will be a larger focus on inter-domain SOA technology
- Jig will be up for poor SOA governance solutions out there
- Most failed SOA projects will be traced to unqualified SOA architects
- SOA the buzzword will become a bit less relevant and will begin to morph with concepts, such as enterprise architecture and cloud computing
So where are we?
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