Thinking about implementing a service-oriented architecture? Maybe you want to find an easier way to share information with other organizations. Or perhaps you want to be able to quickly modify your information technology systems when managers find a better way to pursue the agency’s mission. SOA can help with all that, but if you’re getting started on it, experts have two words of advice: Start small. Incremental change and gradual improvements are better than trying to SOA-enable your entire IT infrastructure. SOA is a design approach that integrates business and IT strategies to provide users with common services that leverage existing and new functionality. A key goal is the development of a business and technology architecture that can support changing regulatory, business and customer needs.
