SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE ADOPTION: KEY FACTORS AND APPROACHES
Andrew P. Ciganek, Marc N. Haines, William David Haseman · 2009
Organizations across many industries have moved or in the process of moving towards a serviceoriented IT archi� tecture. This article explores the challenges and impacts that organizations are facing in the process of adopting a service� oriented architecture with Web services. While some adoption issues are relevant for any organization, others depend on the industry and type of organization. The results of multiple case studies suggest that differences in the business environment need to be considered in the decision of when and how to move to a serviceoriented architecture with Web services.