4.1.1: Organizational Change
Treat SOA Adoption as an Organizational Change Initiative Other Information:
The experience of the past few decades has shown that organizational change is difficult. For it to succeed, several critical
factors must be in place: • There must be a compelling reason to adopt the change. That reason must be effectively articulated
within the organization; • The executive leadership of the organization must be solidly behind the change initiative; • It
must be treated seriously – create a program to oversee and manage its rollout - stakeholder objections must be addressed,
etc.; • For a cross-cutting initiative such as SOA, often a central coordinating group, or center of excellence (COE) is required;
and • Adequate resources to support the initiative must be allocated to sustain the change.
Indicator(s):
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