As enterprises build SOAs, the going is pretty slow, thanks mainly to a vastly increasing number of dependencies. Here’s what you can learn from what’s happening on the ground.
Ask anyone in charge of constructing an SOA (service-oriented architecture), and they’ll tell you that the hardest part isn’t the technology; it’s redrawing the business processes that provide the basis for the architecture — and the often contentious reshuffling of roles and responsibilities that ensues.