Looking ahead
Over the past year or so, many industry analysts and IT leaders have begun questioning whether SOA is worth the considerable investment (in time and money) that organizations are expending. In our opinion the answer is a qualified ‘Yes’. Based on our work with some of the most effective SOA practitioners, we’ve found that there’s a strong correlation among training, governance, and flourishing SOA initiatives. We’re particularly enthusiastic about our work with SOA governance; we believe that this vital issue will be the make-or-break factor that determines whether an enterprise will succeed with SOA.
On the SDLC front, we’re excited see the caliber of the open source solutions that are truly revolutionizing the process by which software gets designed, built, tested, and deployed. Going forward, we expect to see these technologies adopted across an ever-broader range of organizations.