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Sandy Kemsley's Column 2
Sandy Kemsley is an independent systems architect specializing in business process management, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise architecture and business intelligence. She has 20 years of experience with document management, workflow and BPM products companies, and since 2001 she has been consulting with financial services and insurance organizations and serving as a BPM industry analyst. She is also author of the Column2 blog on BPM, Enterprise 2.0 and technology trends in business. See More by Sandy Kemsley The People Part in SOA Failure
I was going to just link to Mike Kavis' post on the Top 10 Reasons Why People Are Making SOA Fail, but I wanted to added some of my own comments. By the way, he's talking primarily about IT people, not business people, in the fail part of the equation. Number 1 reason: they fail to explain SOA's business value. Kavis recommends (and I completely agree) starting with business problems first, specifically using BPM as the "killer app" to justify the existence of SOA. He continues with a number of cultural and organizational issues, such as change management and executive sponsorship, then discusses a few of the flat-out IT failure points: not having the skills to actually do SOA (and not getting the outside help required), trying to do it on the cheap, thinking of SOA as a one-time implementation project rather than an ongoing architecture, and neglecting SOA governance. His final reason for failure is allowing the vendors to drive the architecture: The vendors promise flawless integration if you purchase all of your tools within their stack. The reality is, they have purchased so many products from other companies that their stacks do not deliver any better integration than if you bought the tools from a variety of vendors. In the face of recent acquisitions, this could not be more accurate.  This is a public forum. United Business Media and its affiliates are not responsible for and do not control what is posted herein. United Business Media makes no warranties or guarantees concerning any advice dispensed by its staff members or readers. Community standards in this comment area do not permit hate language, excessive profanity, or other patently offensive language. Please be aware that all information posted to this comment area becomes the property of United Business Media LLC and may be edited and republished in print or electronic format as outlined in United Business Media's Terms of Service. Important Note: This comment area is NOT intended for commercial messages or solicitations of business.
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