Analysts recommend extensive planning before beginning an SOA deployment so that the end result is a successful SOA that improves the business in some way.
“SOA is about three things,” says Gartner VP Massimo Pezzini, “discipline, discipline and discipline.”
And nowhere is that more important than when formulating your approach to SOA. A common theme of this week’s Gartner Application Integration & Web Services Summit 2006, beginning with the basics is vital for successful SOA deployment.
Daryl Plummer, Gartner’s VP of emerging trends, says that process begins with a comprehensive application portfolio assessment.