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The 13 Most Common SOA Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
18 September 2009
 
Paolo Malinverno   Yefim V. Natis   Massimo Pezzini   Timothy Weaver  

Thirteen simple missteps can derail your service-oriented architecture effort and negate the benefits of SOA to the enterprise. We outline early indicators of these common mistakes and corrective actions planners can take to avoid them.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Introduction
2.0
    
 How SOA Success Works

2.1
    
 Action Item(s)
3.0
    
 Thirteen SOA Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

3.1
    
 Mistake No. 1: Starting Too Big

3.1.1
    
 Early Degeneration Signs
3.1.2
    
 Possible Corrective Actions
3.1.3
    
 Action Item
3.2
    
 Mistake No. 2: Starting in the Wrong Place

3.2.1
    
 Early Degeneration Signs
3.2.2
    
 Possible Corrective Actions
3.2.3
    
 Action Item
3.3
    
 Mistake No. 3: Leaving SOA to the "Techies"

3.3.1
    
 Early Degeneration Signs
3.3.2
    
 Possible Corrective Actions
3.3.3
    
 Action Item
3.4
    
 Mistake No. 4: Underestimating the Technical (and Infrastructure) Issues

3.4.1
    
 Early Degeneration Signs
3.4.2
    
 Possible Corrective Actions
3.4.3
    
 Action Item
3.5
    
 Mistake No. 5: Assuming That Everyone Thinks Like You

3.5.1
    
 Early Degeneration Signs
3.5.2
    
 Possible Corrective Actions
3.5.3
    
 Action Item
3.6
    
 Mistake No. 6: Selling SOA Before You're Ready

3.6.1
    
 Early Degeneration Signs
3.6.2
    
 Possible Corrective Actions
3.6.3
    
 Action Item
3.7
    
 Mistake No. 7: Choosing Anarchy or Dictatorship as Leadership Styles

3.7.1
    
 Early Degeneration Signs
3.7.2
    
 Possible Corrective Actions
3.7.3
    
 Action Item
3.8
    
 Mistake No. 8: Excessive Centralization

3.8.1
    
 Early Degeneration Signs
3.8.2
    
 Possible Corrective Actions
3.8.3
    
 Action Item
3.9
    
 Mistake No. 9: Irrational SOA Exuberance

3.9.1
    
 Early Degeneration Signs
3.9.2
    
 Possible Corrective Actions
3.9.3
    
 Action Item
3.10
    
 Mistake No. 10: Forgetting to Consider the Data

3.10.1
    
 Early Degeneration Signs
3.10.2
    
 Possible Corrective Actions
3.10.3
    
 Action Item
3.11
    
 Mistake No. 11: "Not Invented Here" Syndrome

3.11.1
    
 Early Degeneration Signs
3.11.2
    
 Possible Corrective Actions
3.11.3
    
 Action Item
3.12
    
 Mistake No. 12: Allowing Nonshareable Services to Proliferate

3.12.1
    
 Early Degeneration Signs
3.12.2
    
 Possible Corrective Actions
3.12.3
    
 Action Item
3.13
    
 Mistake No. 13: "I Already Have Hundreds of Services, Now What?"

3.13.1
    
 Early Degeneration Signs
3.13.2
    
 Possible Corrective Actions
3.13.3
    
 Action Item
4.0
    
 Conclusions and Recommendations

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 The Benefits of SOA
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Balancing Costs and Agility
 

Figure 2. 
 Potential Starting Points for Service Design
 

Figure 3. 
 Reference Architecture for SOA Application Infrastructure
 

Figure 4. 
 Linking SOA Domains Through an Enterprise SOA Backplane
 

Figure 5. 
 Degrees of Service-Data Normalization
 



Document History:
 
The 13 Most Common SOA Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
18 September 2009
  
Twelve Common SOA Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
26 October 2007
  




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