SOA Made Simple

Summary

In this chapter, we addressed the problem that a lot of companies face today, their organization and their IT are organized in silos. This leads to duplication of functionality and information and makes it hard and expensive to change and to adapt to changing markets, rules, and regulations. The IT department is not able to deliver solutions and changes fast enough and the business people are not able to communicate their needs well enough. This results in IT that is lagging behind and frustrated people in the organization on both sides.

To solve this problem, we need to design our organization in a way that fits the long-term business goals of an organization. The IT solutions need to be aligned with our organization and with these same ...