"Point Argument: Transition to Service Centric: Tools Drive Business-Model Development," by Donald Ferguson. Well-defined tools are the primary requirement to support the industrial transition to service-oriented architecture. "Counterpoint Argument: Toward Organizational Maturity," by Richard Veryard. Tools don't bring the changes in organization and management practices necessary to use them properly. This department is part of a special issue on service-centric software systems.
Index Terms:
software engineering, service-oriented architecture, SOA, software tools
Citation:
Donald Ferguson, Richard Veryard, "Point/Counterpoint," IEEE Software, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 78-81, Nov./Dec. 2007, doi:10.1109/MS.2007.175