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This just in: SOA Success Secret #7

This morning, under a marketing-for-geeks tag, I tweeted SOA Secret #7: don't say "increase re-use", say "eliminate rework”. 

For the 6 or so other secrets, check out my 6+1 Secrets of Successful SOA presentation on slideshare.

And hey, if you have [SOA Success] secrets you can share, please leave a comment or throw a tweet.

6+1 Secrets of Successful SOA

The deck from my Open Group Conference session, 6+1 Secrets of Successful SOA, is now on Slideshare.  The deck is a revision of the original 6 Secrets of Successful SOA talk delivered in May at ATA/ITLC.  If you’ve seen the original deck, jump to slide 24 for the +1.

6+1 Secrets of Successful SOA

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Open Group Conference in Boston: 6+1 Secrets of Successful SOA; SOA Panel

Next Tuesday, I’m doing double-duty on the SOA Track at the Open Group Conference in Boston.  First, I’ll be presenting the 6+1 Secrets of Successful SOA.  Afterwards, I’ll be moderating a SOA Practitioner Panel.  The panelists are Awel Dico, Bank of Montreal, Mark Sternberger, Raytheon and Chris McCarthy, State Street Corp.

If you are attending the conference, please join us on the SOA Track on Tuesday afternoon.  Jeanne Ross is the Tuesday morning keynote.  You know I’ll be there!

BPM / SOA Community News: Case Study Contest Deadline Extended to July 30, 2010

Yes, it’s true!  The BPM / SOA Community of Practice has extended the deadline on the Business Agility and Process Optimization enabled by BPM and SOA Case Study Competition.  Entries are due July 30, 2010. 

Beware, this is the *final* final deadline.  Start your submission here.  To learn about the purpose, rules and such, go here.

 

[Disclosure: The BPM / SOA Community of Practice is a client of my firm, Elemental Links.]

Next for EA2010? Exploring the Business of Successful Enterprise Architecture Practices

The BPM/SOA Community of Practice’s EA2010 Group is returning to the discussion forum.  Starting next week, EA2010 will pursue a new line of discussion and research focusing on the business aspects of successful enterprise architecture practices.  Items for discussion include:

• Establishing and sustaining credibility with business and IT constituents
• Business Outcome rather than Business Model alignment
• Injecting financial measurement and decision-making acumen into EA
• Catalyzing a business architecture practice

All members of the BPM/SOA Community of Practice are welcome to participate in the EA2010 Working Group.  For more information, see the EA2010 working group page.

Did you miss the group’s prior work?  Last year, the EA2010 team pursued a line of discussion and research on the purpose, practices and realities of expanding, or in some cases starting, business architecture practices.  This work stream culminated in the publication of an EA2010 Business Architecture whitepaper. 

And yes, the BPM/SOA Community of Practice is the renamed, post-merger, combination of the SOA Consortium and BPM Consortium.

 

[Disclosure: The BPM/SOA Community of Practice is a client of my firm, Elemental Links.]