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Notes on Enterprise Architecture, Systems Integration, and anything else that interests me this week...

November 2008 - Posts

Creating a distinction between business services and SOA services
I'm always a bit dismayed when I hear the following terms mixed up, or combined: SOA service and business service. In my mind, these things are different. In one sense, they are related, but indirectly. A business service is a function (or capability) Read More...
Software Reflects The Process That Creates It
Of all the ‘laws of software’ that I subscribe to, this one is one of the most fundamental, and unwavering.  I cannot find an exception to it, and years of experience reinforce it for me.  I can look at a chunk of source code, or an operations Read More...
Using the PMO to measure the behavior of the customer
There are a great many products on the market these days that provide information about a set of projects.  The idea is to let the stakeholders know how well their money is being spent.  Information Technology departments often get criticized Read More...
The business value of elegant design
In my last post , I highlighted the design process, suggesting that designers and architects should consider using creativity, in addition to methods and patterns, to build a truly useful system.  In this one, I'd like to talk about the business Read More...
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