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Services Thinking

A framework for solving business problems

Businesses want technology to be more open and flexible, definitely an advantage when almost anything can change at any time for nearly any reason. That’s why Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) got started in the first place Services Thinking moves the concept out of the software stack and into the business, triggering a shift away from process engineering toward service design. Today’s battleground is agility – where chunks work better than streams – as long as there are solid hand-offs between them to deliver the control and flexibility the business needs. That’s what Services Thinking is all about.

Services Thinking is a framework for solving business problems. It creates value by enabling organizations to adapt rapidly changing conditions. How? By focusing on the capabilities each part of the organization needs to compete – and then helping the organization deliver those capabilities in manageable, independent, interoperable pieces. These capabilities transcend business processes, organizational charts and technology solutions.

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Services Thinking Part 2: Services Thinking Goes to Work
Services Thinking isn’t a strategy for simplifying a business. Instead, it’s a way to embrace complexity, breaking operations down into discrete capabilities to more effectively solve business problems.

 

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Services Thinking Part 1: A Smart New Approach to Business Execution 
While many valuable tools have been developed to address business problems, they are really just tools. What’s required is a new approach that can be used to pull the assets of the organization together in a fluid way.

 

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 Services Thinking Q&A 
Questions about Services Thinking and an example of this new approach in action.

 

 Rich Spear

 Meet Rich Spear, Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP 
When Fortune 100 companies need SOA support, including integration infrastructures, organization design and process solutions, they call on Rich Spear.

 


As used in this document, ‘Deloitte’ means Deloitte LLP (and its subsidiaries). Please see  www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries.

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