Seven Significant Challenges for Federal Leaders Employing SOA

By Lawrence Pizette , Geoffrey Raines , Steve Foote

As Federal leadership approaches new and emerging Service-Oriented Architecture efforts, there are several challenges that will need to be addressed in order to realize the full value of the investment.

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As Federal leadership approaches new and emerging Service-Oriented Architecture efforts, there are several challenges that will need to be addressed in order to realize the full value of the investment. While the list of topics is potentially quite large, this paper focuses on seven key issues that will need to be understood early in SOA efforts in order to set the foundation for long term success. The topics are: Demonstrating Value, Governance, Acquisitions, Security, Testing, Runtime Management, and Service Reuse.