Building the Agile Enterprise, 2nd Edition

List of figures

Fig. 1.1 Transition from point-to-point integration to EAI middleware integration. (A) Point-to-point integration and (B) EAI hub and spoke integration. 8

Fig. 1.2 The Internet as the global communication hub. 10

Fig. 1.3 Web services vision. 11

Fig. 1.4 Business design hierarchy. 14

Fig. 1.5 Characterization of a capability map. 16

Fig. 1.6 Capabilities of conventional business unit silos. 17

Fig. 1.7 CBA network of capability services. 18

Fig. 2.1 Overview of VDML concepts and relationships. 37

Fig. 2.2 Capability offer links. 41

Fig. 2.3 A simple activity network. 43

Fig. 2.4 Activity with value contribution. 44

Fig. 2.5 Business items on deliverable flows. 46

Fig. 2.6 Activity input from a store. 46

Fig. 2.7 Activity delegation. ...