SOA Adoption: Tracking the Use, Maturity, and Best Practices of SOA

Butler Group
October 1, 2009
180 Pages - SKU: BTL2505514
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There is now considerable experience in deploying solutions based on a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Most, but not all, of those experiences have been positive ones. Regardless of the perceived success many lessons have been learned that have refined our expectations of SOA and increased the prospects of success for later adopters. This Report re-examines many of the principles and assumptions surrounding SOA to give an up-to-date appraisal of issues around the business, the platform, governance, and design. It includes recent survey results that show how maturity has progressed and also indicates the lack of balance between domains that is still encountered too often. A set of case studies reveals how individual organisations have deployed SOA to meet specific requirements, and describes the lessons they have learned from which others can benefit.