Applying EA Roadmapping: An SOA Roadmap

by Bartosz Kiepuszewski, Michal Paluskiewicz, Borys Stokalski, Sebastian Konkol, Maciej Ruszynski

Business-IT alignment is the primary objective for any CIO. During the economic downturn of the past few years, alignment has come to mean the ability to cut spending and stick to the basics. Today, business priorities are again turning to top-line growth, causing an important shift in the perception of the business value of IT. The code name for growth strategies is agility. Companies recognize that they must sense opportunities and threats earlier, evaluate them quicker, make better choices, and implement those choices in a more timely and efficient manner. They understand that change can no longer be exorcised from business but instead must be embraced as the source of competitive advantage.