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Chapter 13 covers the various business and IT organizational models

Chapter 13

Read Chapter 13 and answer the following questions:

1. Describe the differences between the centralized and decentralized business model.
2. Describe the differences between the centralized and decentralized IT model.
3. Which organizational variation provides the best environment for taking advantage of the SOA framework? What makes this variation advantageous?
4. Does a decentralized IT model work within the SOA framework parameters? Why or why not?
5. Is it possible to adopt SOA principles in a decentralized business model?