http://brucetierney.ulitzer.com/ Latest News from Bruce Tierney en Copyright 2012 Ulitzer.com Ulitzer.com Thu, 17 May 2012 18:12:32 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss 360 http://brucetierney.ulitzer.com/node/1870465 One sure fire way to keep budget and buzz away from your projects is for you and your department to be associated with incremental improvement. Projects can generally be classified into two categories. The first is “business transformation,” which includes projects that generate excitement. The second category is for projects that fund incremental improvement to what is frequently considered the “cost center,” often with a strong ROI but seriously lacking when it comes to excitement… And without excitement comes underfunded and understaffed projects likely to underachieve the goals they set out to accomplish. So where does SOA belong? Is it one of the most powerful weapons in the business transformation arsenal or is it merely a tool for the cost center to provide incremental improvement? If we look at the traditional benefits of SOA, such as re-use of services, agility, scalability, and visibility, then SOA brings incremental improvement to the infrastructure. Although this incremental improvement can provide impressive returns that easily justify the investment, they are still more incremental than transformative to the business. <p><a href="http://brucetierney.ulitzer.com/node/1870465" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:30:00 EDT http://brucetierney.ulitzer.com/node/1870465 http://brucetierney.ulitzer.com/node/1870465#feedback