Delivering Business Value through Service-Oriented Architecture
Željko Panian · WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications archive · 2005
A potential of business value in Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs) is discussed. After the brief introduction, the SOA basics are explained, implying that SOA is an architectural style whose goal is to achieve loose coupling among interacting software agents or services. SOA is a model based upon the loose coupling of services of optimal granularity to support the desired business processes. In addition to addressing technical complexities, business drivers for an SOA framework model include the capability to significantly improve the time-to-market delivery of the business solution and require less technical resources to deliver it. The model suggests a successful SOA is always in flux. To visualize how a SOA is supposed to work, it is better to think of a living organism rather than the traditional “building a house” metaphor that gave software architecture its name. When looking at SOA in this manner it is easily realized that the universality of SOA can help enterprises use their existing systems in new ways, for new purposes, for greater competitive advantage, efficiency, and return on investment.