Service-Oriented Development

Key Findings:

ZapThink finds that up to 75% of the expense in many large-scale software projects can be spent on simply integrating new systems with old.
In many cases, new technologies are applied in the same, familiar patterns as old technologies, even though the new technologies may represent completely new advantages and alternatives
The principles of SODA provide the guidelines understanding the capabilities of Web Services tools, as well as the big picture of what can be built with them.
The Seven principles of SODA are explained in this Insight.