The results

The results of the SOA Maturity Assessment mentioned in the previous section were as shown in the following diagram:

The results

The consultancy conducting the maturity assessment identified a number of key challenges as follows:

  • The IT department has grown immaturely while trying to constantly react to the demands placed on it by strong retail sales. Consequently, there has been a lack of overall architecture and governance, with IT developments being very tactical in nature. Each business unit within Weir & Bell Telecom has commissioned and developed its own IT systems with little regard for what had already been developed previously.
  • Partly due ...

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