Reasons why SOA fails

Some days ago, a colleague of mine forwarded me an article titled Top 10 Reasons Why People are Making SOA Fail.

This article lists several points that must be considered in SOA initiatives. I really think they are very relevant, but the comments posted called my attention.

The major worries were about to explain SOA’s business value and the impact of organizational change.

It is a clear demonstration that SOA is being seen as a business issue instead of just an IT issue.

Questions that usually cause huge discussion, like vendors drive the architecture, was ignored. SOA governance, which is very important, was ignored too.

What I think could be analyzed more in-depth is the relationship between services and business functions.

I will discuss this issue on the next post.