SOA filling the Gaps

In a previous post titled: Consultants Typology: The Self-deprecating Consultant , I promised to depict examples of my consultancy, which was exactly the opposite of a Self-deprecating Consultant consultancy.  This post describe a Case Study of that type few decades ago. The title of this post is a quote of the words I said to a CIO. I implied that the product's Scalability is not adequate for thousands of users.  I could say it explicitly as well, however my goal was to perform a consultancy project and get paid for it.  The first step of the consultancy will be dedicated to proving that using the product he thought of is a guaranteed failure.  The second step will be a selection process of an adequate product.  The third step could be helping the customer to deploy the selected product properly. Surprise "No problem, I will be the first to deploy a large application based on this product".  He did no...

This post is the third post in the Consultants Typology posts. The first post is about two different Consultant types:  All Around Consultants and Niche Consultants . The second post described the Consultants who knows everything .  The term Self-deprecating was used in another post: Customer Typology: The Self-deprecating Customer . That post described a Customer who accepts any thing a Consultant recommends. This post describes an upside down state: The Consultant accepts anything the Customer would like him to recommend. The ideology of the Self-deprecating Consultant The Self-deprecating Consultant first priority is a satisfied customer. In order that the customer will be satisfied, he assumes that the customer, would like confirmation of his views, therefore he supports the customers views enthusiastically. For example, if the Customer has to select a Software product, the Consultant will praise the product, which he assumes the customer prefers. He will explain...

The post: Two Types of Consultants: Niche vs. All Around , was the first post about Consultants typology. The post differentiated between Niche Consultant, whose knowledge and experience is focused in a Niche and All Around Consultants, who know and understand a variety of Niches and topics. If you read the Customers Typology posts, you probably read: Customers Typology: The Customer who Knows Everything .  The behavioral patterns of the Consultant who Knows Everything resemble the behavioral patterns of the Customer Who Knows Everything.  The only difference is that the Customer is capable of making decisions. The Consultant is only advising.  Is there a Consultants who knows everything? No, but I had worked with All Around Consultants who know and understand a lot about large number of topics. Some of them have the Capability of learning quickly and understanding deeply new topics. Of course, the number of theses extraordinary consultants is limited. However...