etc. In my

etc. In my case I already have several years of experience (5, just yet). I worked on the project development, burning stages / levels: programmer, analyst, project manager. Interesting work, with clear highs and lows, but I fail to see the future development ... Unfortunately the industry is valued more as a commodity that a value added service. I will not be I who judge, it is simply something that I perceive. My idea is to enter the field of consulting. But to do what I've always been interested in the functional field, more and more. Like almost any developer I've jumped from a business / customer / project to another, unable todeepen the functional knowledge in any field. So is the niche that is functional, I start almost from scratch. That if, with the experience of adapting to any field, and quickly. To get into the world of any ERP (SAP, Oracle eBusiness, including open source, ...) my feeling is that I need to get started: do not know the technology, product and would have no significant functional experience in any module. Then there is the attractiveness of implementing ERP ... implement a solution closed / rigid to a customer who may have some different needs, and force them to adapt to them ... moves away from my idea of what constitutes ICT as a service. Another area is the Business Intelligence valued. I acknowledge that I do not know enough, but at first glance, I do not find attractive. The more I see clear and attractive to me is the binomial BPM / SOA. In the technical and delivery tools will not scratch.His promises are attractive: the possibility of creating value business solutions, so agile. How to make a career consultant in this field Clearly we need to prepare and gain experience, but ... Is there a future or a fad or pure hype Do you appreciate the service, quality, or will be another commodity "In it is better to specialize in a functional niche and in the field of ERP ... Many questions ... I would love to hear your view ... but do not have the obligation to answer, of course ... Forgive the tochazo ....this time I touched you read me -) THANKS! Regards, F My reply: Hi F, In my opinion you've given yourself a very good choice to make that career shift. The Tandem BPM / SOA as you call him is halfway between a technical and a functional view of business management systems so as to choose it as a gateway to move from side to side is very bright. I answer the other questions one by one: How to make a career consultant in this field No doubt making you hire a company committed to product BPM / SOA and / or services around the product. Of which, to my knowledge, are promoting this line of business, highlight IBM, Fujitsu, Oracle and Sun as the best known, and other more specialized products such as Software AG, Tibco, Metastorm, Ultimus, Ascentn, Savion, Intalio, ...

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[Brian Reale]

Interesting musings. You might want to add ProcessMaker to your list of interesting BPM/SOA products to check out. ProcessMaker is currently the leading Open Source BPM solution in the world.

Brian Reale
http://www.processmaker.com