SOA Strategies

Operational strategy

How to operate in accounts. – line of business – consulting

creating the business vision

How to deploy consulting service

Developing multiple accounts and clients

Growing opportunities in existing a.c’s

How intense to be

How to bring the vision and capability together

What critical size do we need to achieve to have critical mass capability

Selling to infrastructure people, CTOs, CIOs

Methods

What methods to use: COBIT, TOGAF

Methods versus directional control

Do KPIs – define the business case in terms of metrics analysis (of SOA)

- an operational analysis of SOA. Performance metrics (Gartner approach)

- Whole life cycle metrics improvement, from design to deployment.

KPIs

• criteria for service selection

• complexity model

• cost reduction of IT

• Interfaces and legacy extent (investment spend between legacy and new e.g. <10%)

• Technology compliance

• Learning to standards support

Process integration perspective – analysis, delivery

Methods around EAB

• conceptual –

• Build views

• Middleware

• apps

• network

• security

• authentication, authorisation etc

SONA framework – what it is.

Vertically focused

EA specific – focused on needs

CCNA certification – lowest level certifications

Consulting skills and approach

EA – lead the imitative – use methods and framework to design solution e.g. TOGAF

Delivery

Customer advocacy

Advisory services

Top 100 customers – partners + support IBM, Microsoft and service providers

SONA – project office

Virtual CoE – US/EMEA

Enterprise Architects

Business Architects

Project based

SONA EA - build out methodology.

Business development

Based on a best practice framework e.g. ISO 7 level model.

New capabilities and materials needed

Have virtual team of EAs

Technical archs and EAs

Services

1. Specific solution app

• client service – web service specific

• roll out as a plan or work

• Put SONA underneath to enable it as a technical project

2. Strategy roadmap

• 3 – 5 year classic

• Business direction and architecture support

• Current state – future state

• Business case and where to start and go

• Very customised to meet specific client and cultural needs

• Need to support with standard reference architecture and virtualization views

3. Ethernet to the Factory push

• New cost model

• Benefits of staying on edge of technology

• New things come in – enable technology uptakes

1. Compelling case

• Traditional consulting firm skills

• Knowledge transfer

• Compelling case – $3 million over 5 years

• Understated

• Offset costs

• E.g. $70 million savings potential

Customers

Enterprise Customer ß SONA

Service Provider Customer ß technology tools Technology vision

Where is the internet and the key players going

Think out of the box

Voice, IP, Convergence

Identify touch points, where in IT (network) can be used to leverage value and capabilities

BSS/ OSS

eMarketing – how it works

Difficult to enter advanced technology

Emerging technology – advanced technology

Network is the glue – connect applications to networks and applications to applications

Reliable messaging and access

Network strategies – next generation strategies, reusable

Data information strategies – next generation strategies, reusable

Search, combining content and transactions via services oriented approach

Benefits case - SOA

Greater use of existing IT (network) investments

Reduced middleware complexity

Simplified deployment

Event management

Visibility, access to business functions

Business needs

• Speed of doing business

• LOB’s – apps are managed centrally – get communization

• Cost, standards, deployment across global access infrastructures

Themes - POVs

Where in 3 – 5 years time

Past not a predictor of the future

• Networked client of apps will grow e.g. Microsoft OS – people access server remotely, PC file sharing

• Number of people using apps via internet will grow

• Security models continue to evolve

Bring a set of capabilities to enable to solve customer problems

Knowledge , network, infrastructure, good people.

How to use them right

What customers want

Go to market

Where do we position ourselves in the next generation of customers ?

Sell SOA - framework

Vision SOA – defining the solution path

Managing vendors / architects teams

SOA Journey Map

TOGAF Architecture

Drive value

• Applications are accessible – visible to users

• Infrastructure simple, easy, integrated and scalable, extensible – can be rolled out

• Data is compliance with regulations

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