Optimizing the Enterprise for SOA: From Project Management to Program Management to the "Network Organization" 

SOA Magazine 

Abstract: SOA addresses enterprise requirements to rapidly respond to changes in business requirements, processes and policies, and continual changes to commercial technologies and implementations. SOA accomplishes this by adoption across heterogeneous enterprises and environments, enabling information sharing, rapid evolution and change to applications, increased investment reuse, and the elimination of duplicative effort. The price for attaining these advantages is that the enterprise, no matter how large or complex, must be unified and uncover, define, and persistently evolve governance (including management, security, and quality) across intricate, often politically charged, environments.

To achieve the benefits of SOA, enterprises must realize that traditional approaches to IT project management (where a project is considered in isolation, requirements are defined, and budgets are allocated) can no longer work. This article explores why the shift to treating IT as a continually evolving asset must occur. We describe why a radical change from traditional IT project management to program management and organization must be made and we conclude by introducing the concept of the "Network Organization".
 

Optimizing the Enterprise for SOA: From Project Management to Program Management to the "Network Organization"


SOURCE: SOA Magazine


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