"We didn't start the fire ... it was always burning since the world's been turning ..." [Billy Joel 1989]. Is SOA the "Same Old Architecture?" or is it "Simply Over Ambitious?" Let's apply SOA's arsenal:: XML, BPM, Services, SOAP, Web Services - to the real world and find out. Let's put out some fires.

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Value dimensions of SOA

Architectural approaches such as Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) are transforming the way IT systems are designed by bringing in a high degree of reuse and loose coupling of applications. This opens up avenues for organizations to deliver their services in new and effective ways to their internal and external partners. Value dimensions and measurable sub-dimensions of IT architectural paradigms such as SOA in enhancing business value is a key area of interest. Value dimensions are the ways in which value is instantiated. In the context of our discussion, value dimensions are the values or benefits which IT architectures present. Understanding the value dimensions of IT architectures is important as they typically involve large scale changes and such decisions need to be supported by the benefits which they generate. Based on our research, we have identified six value dimensions of a services based architecture. These value dimensions are organisational, business process, technology, standards, re-use and people.

 

More on these value dimensions in the next post.

 

Posted by Dr. Jai Ganesh on September 4, 2006 05:54 AM |

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