Agile SOA

by Brian J. Dooley

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) and agile software development have both evolved in recent years toward a combined concept of enterprise agility. Coming from different environments and differing in requirements, they are nonetheless founded in many of the same principles. Bringing them together, however, requires some changes to both. Today, these changes are being accommodated by a "meet in the middle" strategy that requires less capital up front but avoids some of the problems of lean architectural support. As explored in this Executive Report by Brian J. Dooley, the results can provide significant benefits.