Succeeding with Soa: Realizing Business Value Through Total Architecture

Obtaining a solid return on a SOA investment demands proactive and constructive communication between the business and IT communities. Together, they must define the business process and system changes that are required to produce the expected business results. The architecture of business units is not a technical issue---it is a business issue. SOA determines the architecture of both business units and systems. Consequently both business and IT need to work together to successfully implement SOA. This book is targeted at the enterprise leadership community. Its purpose is to illustrate why total architecture is critical to enterprise success and the roles that the leadership team must play to make SOA work. Succeeding with SOA presents SOA from the management perspective and illustrates what can happen to enterprise business processes and projects when the elements of the total architecture are neglected.