To find out where you are in your service-oriented architecture (SOA) transformation, you need to gain a comprehensive understanding of your current IT and business environment. This can be accomplished by using one or more IBM SOA assessments. This will also help you measure progress toward an SOA:
Assess your overall SOA strategy, structure and implementation plans
Determine strategies that can help optimize business processes
Enable the transfer of critical technical knowledge to promote continued movement
Analyze your ongoing SOA development projects and plans and determine the next steps
The SOA application and services healthcheck from IBM is a simplified assessment that uses diagnostic techniques to identify and address deficiencies in three key areas — application reuse, service use and service security. The attributes identified in this assessment serve as a high-level checklist to help determine the health of your SOA applications and services domain. By following IBM's recommendations, it's possible for you to realize greater efficiencies in SOA application development and maintenance, ultimately helping to reduce your overall IT costs.
