Why SOA Projects Fail

There have been a number of SOA projects that have run into implementation issues. Recent research seems to indicate that the main issues are around people. This is no surprise. The main stumbling block for all major types of IT project over the years has been people. The problems that companies ran into with ERP implementations have mostly all involved people problems - lack of involvement at the outset, lack of proper training, resistance to change, poor management buy-in or control, fear of job losses. All of those are factors being mentioned with SOA projects. No surprise there. See this article in IT World.