The revolution promised by service-oriented architectures (SOAs) is being bruited about with great abandon. But however broad the promise of new composite applications, point-and-click integration, and a closer fit between business requirements and technology, one of the biggest impacts the inevitable wholesale adoption of SOAs will have is on the office of the CIO. Heading the list of revolutionary changes will be the creation of what SAP board member Shai Agassi calls the "chief process innovation officer." But that's only the beginning of Agassi's SOA vision. Agassi sees a whole list of new job titles coming out of the SOA revolution, such as "repository keepers," "composers," and "disruptive innovators."
