Thursday, January 17, 2008

Paul Callahan's list of top 10 mistakes when implementing SOA projects

Paul Callahan from NetManage just posted a list of top 10 mistakes when implementing SOA projects over on ZDNet.

1. Taking a shotgun approach
2. Failing to involve business analysts
3. Spending more time on SOA products than SOA Planning
4. Tackling the largest projects first
5. Forgetting that SOA is a business Problem
6. Treating identity as an afterthought
7. Buying new products when existing investments suffice
8. Misunderstanding company key players
9. Expecting the SOA project to spread quickly
10. Lacking necessary elements
It's a pretty good list, but I personally wonder if the number 1 mistake, "Taking a shotgun approach", may be a little broad. It seems like a lot of people are having success with guerrilla SOA, and there could be some overlap.

1 comment:

  1. I'm always a little wary of lists like this; They make it so easy to oversimplify

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