Make fully informed decisions about using Web Services
and service-oriented architectures quickly by using our consulting services.
Moderated discussion
This is our most popular offering. Doug Barry leads your group through a
practical discussion of how to use Web Services and develop a service-oriented architecture in your organization.
Your group will exchange ideas, concerns, and opportunities for a
service-oriented architecture. The outcome is a deeper, shared vision of
what a service-oriented architecture might mean for your organization. Session
title and
main topics:
Where do we go from here?
Transitioning to a service-oriented architecture
A brief technology overview
Forces affecting the adoption of Web Services
Paths for adopting service-oriented architectures
Integration with existing architectures
Initial impact of Web Services
Directions
Challenges
Participants: non-technical management, technical management, and
technical staff. This moderated discussion is designed for groups of less than 40
people. The length varies depending on the discussion, but is often two to three
hours. For more information, contact Doug
Barry at
or +1-952-892-6113.
Change workshop
Adopting a service-oriented architecture might well be more of a people
problem than a technical problem. Such an architecture has the potential to
vastly change our organizations and will likely cause non-technical change
issues to increase within organizations. In this workshop, Doug Barry helps your
group explore resistance to
change and how to lessen it – all within the context of adopting a
service-oriented architecture. The usual outcome is a set of organization
specific strategies for
increasing the chance of success when introducing a service-oriented
architecture. This workshop builds on the use of force
field diagrams to analyze change issues that were introduced in Web Services and Service-Oriented Architectures: The
Savvy Manager's Guide. Session title and
main topics:
Change: Web services and service-oriented architectures
Revisit force field diagrams
Discussion of change
Change scenarios
Analyze change issues in your organization using force-field diagrams
Tips for managing change issues during development
Participants: non-technical management, technical management, and
technical staff. This workshop is designed for groups of less than 40
people. The length varies, but is often one and a half to two hours. For more information, contact Doug
Barry at
or +1-952-892-6113.
Sometimes all you need is a chance to sound out your ideas with another
person. Doug Barry's "reality check" service allows you to explore
your design ideas or concerns by phone. This is an easy way to see if what you
are considering makes sense. Doug is the author of
the articles on this site and is also a book author, magazine columnist, guest lecturer, international speaker, mentor, and consultant specializing in Web Services and related technologies. You can schedule time with Doug for as little as
one hour, or longer as you see fit. Contact Doug
Barry at
or +1-952-892-6113.
Design Facilitation: Identify and plan your
first Web Services project
The best way to understand Web Services is to get started using the them.
Doug Barry can help you identify and plan your first Web Services project. This
includes helping resolve the technical and well as the people issues that exist
in selecting and designing your first project.
Advanced Design Facilitation: Design an
Enterprise Service-Oriented Architecture
Ready to design an enterprise service-oriented architecture? Doug Barry has
been helping with the design of service-oriented architectures for years, first
with CORBA/object technology and now with Web Services.
Design Review
Do you have a design in place? Are you sure it is the most effective design
for your needs? This review provides trouble-shooting and critiquing of high-level
designs by Doug Barry, who has been conducting design reviews for over 20 years.
Analysis services
Market positioning
Are you trying to determine how your product compares to similar products in
the marketplace? Are you looking for a perspective on how to position your
product? Doug Barry has been helping people with market positioning for over ten years.
Technical due diligence
Doug Barry provides technical due diligence on software products that clears away the "technical noise" to describe the
product opportunity clearly to investors. Prior due diligence has been in the areas of pharmaceutical trial tracking software,
systems integration, and open systems.
Past projects
Some examples of past projects include:
Web-enabled systems
Extreme high-performance systems
Embedded systems
Multi-database systems
Globally distributed systems
Concurrent engineering systems
Highly configurable manufacturing systems
Telecommunications systems
Trading systems
Doug Barry
Doug Barry is the principal and founder of Barry & Associates, Inc., consulting to Fortune 1000 companies. He is also a book author, magazine columnist, guest lecturer, international speaker, mentor, and consultant
specializing in Web Services and related technologies. More...
With Doug, you’re getting an unbiased point of
view. Doug has no “preferred” products and is not affiliated with any of the
product vendors.
You can contact Doug
Barry at
or +1-952-892-6113.
Web Services book
Doug is also the author of Web Services and Service-Oriented Architectures: The
Savvy Manager's Guide. For sample pages and more information on this book, click
here.
“The new field of integration via Web Services, is, unfortunately, a hype minefield. It
wouldn’t surprise me to see a Web Services tool packaged with Ginzu knives! Doug Barry
demystifies the new but burgeoning field with a refreshing business-oriented point of view.
What drives adoption? What corporate forces will resist adoption? Most importantly, The
Savvy Manager’s Guide explains how all of this great new stuff is going to leverage existing
infrastructure in real corporate settings, and benefit from modern software development
processes like Model Driven Architecture. A great read!”
Richard Mark Soley, Ph.D.
Chairman and CEO, Object Management Group, Inc.
Mentoring and speaking
Consulting can be combined with our other services to best meet your needs.
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