One of the oldest adages about application success or failure is that it hinges on being closely aligned with the business. Ironically, even though people have been saying this for decades, many organizations still fail at lining up closely with the business. It seems that every new approach to applications gives us yet another chance to get this wrong – SOA is no different! (See Frank Kenney’s SOA Failure post)
I urge all of you to check out these two documents:
You should also attend the Workshop on Business Alignment run by Andy Kyte and Susan Landry. At the highest levels, business alignment implies that applications plans line up with business strategy. Andy has a great take on this and the need for an application strategy in his session: If You Had an Application Strategy, What Would It Look Like?
