While significant attention has been paid to the benefits offered by service-oriented architecture (SOA), which has led to an increased understanding of the challenges that SOA poses as well, far less consideration has been given to the changes that this approach will impart on the IT organization itself. With the discussions around SOA having recently shifted from "if" and "why" to "when" and "how," three important questions now need to be addressed by organizations embarking on an SOA strategy: How will you manage your SOA, how will you pay for your SOA, and how will you staff your SOA?
As most would agree, using existing services within an SOA to develop and support new applications provides IT with the opportunity to take a quantum leap forward with regard to productivity and efficiency. As a result, enterprises can address a variety of process requirements faster and more completely than otherwise possible...
