SOA Assessment

In a recent podcast I did for my "real" job, I talked about the importance of doing a good job of laying the groundwork for embarking on an SOA journey before going on the journey. I won't re-post the entire contents of that podcast (especially since there's also a transcript available), but I'll whet the appetite a bit: basically, I think it's very important that organizations understand a bit more about why they want to do SOA, and what SOA is and isn't, before they get "talked into" trying to make it work in their organization.

An educated and willing pilgrim is going to make it a lot further than one who's being dragged along or setting out without first being aligned to the vision.