In the late 1980s, a game show aired on NBC entitled Win, Lose, or Draw. As I reflect upon the frenzy of activity and buzz around “Enterprise Architecture” over the last couple of years, I cannot help but think of the contestants frantically scribbling things on the board, as their teammates attempted to make sense […]
The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) refers to it as architectural partitioning and the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) describes it as architectural levels, but the effort of carving up Enterprise Architecture (EA) into multiple strata and then aligning those strata together as a part of a cohesive enterprise vision is an important element of […]
I’ve just published a SOA book through Wiley Press and it is now available on Amazon (hence the catchy title for this post). Woo-hoo!
The book was a ton of hardwork, but I am quite pleased with the result. The aim was to address what I considered to be a significant gap in the marketplace — […]
Primitive man and woman were forced to adapt to their environment to survive. Animal hides for clothes, crude weapons and tools made out of stone or bone, and roots or berries for food (perhaps sabertooth steak or terradactyl ribs if company is coming over). Eventually, some nearby tribe discovers fire, but reports of […]
For those of you out there championing the cause of service orientation, the title of this post may catch you off guard. Likewise, casual observers of the service orientation movement might assume that developing services for reuse is the norm. Believe it or not, my title is not ironic, sensationalized, or tongue-and-cheek. […]
I’ve been on the road a lot lately, working with various clients, writing courseware, writing articles, and basically doing everything EXCEPT for blogging.
Here’s some of what I’ve been up to:
Article: SOA Governance: Start Small and Build Incrementally (published March 6th by SYS-CON)
Presentation: SOA Adoption Planning (1-hour seminar I delivered in February)
Presentation: Delivered a virtual presentation […]
Over the last couple of months, I’ve been focusing quite a bit on helping people think about how much SOA they really need to address their business objectives. It turns out that you can, in fact, have too much of a good thing.
In November, I spoke at SOAWorld in San Francisco: “A Little SOA […]
The first day of SOA World 2007 - West went very well. Miko Matsumura with Software AG / webMethods kicked things off with the keynote - Time Oriented Architecture: Evolution by Design? And he had some really entertaining 3-D animation and virtual simulations in his presentation. It was pretty cool. The […]
One of the challenges in working with companies in their early explorations into new technologies and methodologies is the inevitable backlash that occurs regarding change. Many have argued that at best, SOA brings nothing new to the table, and at worst it will fail to achieve the desired results for the enterprise (i.e. agility, […]
Jason Bloomberg and I delivered a webinar yesterday — SOA Governance: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
My portion of the webinar identified 10 Steps to Successful SOA Governance:
Avoid extremes
Involve business stakeholders
Develop SOA champions
Promote service ownership
Govern by policy
Shepherd the service portfolio
Promote a common vocabulary
Invest in proper governance tooling
Encourage collaborative governance planning
Start small and grow incrementally
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Kyle Gabhart is the Director of Emerging Technologies for Web Age Solutions, a leading provider of Custom IT Education and Mentoring. He has extensive experiencing in designing, aligning, developing, and managing Enterprise Architectures for organizations of all shapes and sizes. Kyle frequently writes and speaks for international audiences and occasionally people listen. |