SOA is NOT A GOAL in itself
I keep hearing people talking about SOA as a strategic goal - or in other words the “to-be” of their EA-program. In my world this isn’t possible, SOA might be the means to reach a strategic goal, but must never be the goal itself!
SOA is not a “one size fits all” and it is important to acknowledge this and identify the right flavor of SOA for the given enterprise. However doing this requires a strategy on which to target “the right flavor of SOA”. SOA makes many promises but none of them comes for free…
So lets just emphasize: SOA must never be a strategic goal in it self!