Gartner research shows that a large number of enterprises that build service oriented architectures do not realize the benefits that they anticipated. Indeed, as our enormously popular SOA Horror Stories sessions indicate, some organizations experience a double whammy – first they fail to get the benefits of SOA, and then fixing the failed implementation costs more than the original build cost. While many of the reasons for these failures are technical, there is usually an underlying cause: lack of an enterprise view and an architected approach to the SOA initiative. Gartner recommends a formal enterprise architecture process which can provide clear benefits to organizations who are building out service oriented architectures. In this session we will cover:
- What are some of the common failure points in SOA implementations?
- How does your enterprise architecture help you avoid those failures?
- What steps should you take to integrate your EA efforts with your SOA initiative?
