Overheard: A good SOA architect is like an expensive wedding planner

Like a high-dollar wedding planner, an SOA architect can spare you mistakes and embarrassments while making the big event relatively painless, mostly by eliminating any unforeseen and unwanted surprises. Pam Baker, Best Reuse Plays in SOA

I laughed out loud when I read this analogy, picturing the CEO as Bridezilla and the rest of the executive board as the wedding party. Coincidently, Jason Bloomberg, over at SearchSOA.com, was just explaining that there’s a shortage of good SOA consultants right now.