--- In [email protected], "Rob Eamon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So here is some food for thought. > > I was thinking about the success rate Gartner (or others) have in > predicting adoption/penetration rates for given approaches and > technologies. Since much of what is discussed in SOA has roots in the > EAI/B2B realm, I thought I'd try to see what the predictions were > back in the "heyday" of EAI. > > I was hoping to find a 1999/2000-ish article like "by 2005, 80% of > companies will have adopted an EAI strategy and toolset." Then, > ideally, find a 2005 article that indicated what the usage really is. > Alas, it seems noone cares about EAI anymore. It's a Bad Thing. We > only talk about the next thing now and that's SOA. That's what sells > newsletters, research papers and consulting. > > In my searches, I came across this Wiki page. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_application_integration > > I didn't find anything about adoption guesstimates but the "EAI > implementation pitfalls" and "Advantages and Disadvantages" sections > caught my eye. Could be "SOA" be substituted where "EAI" appears and > the sections still be accurate? > > One phrase that really caught my eye was "Most of these failures are > not due to the software itself or technical difficulties, but due to > management issues." Clearly all the chat about "SOA governance" > and "SOA lifecycle management" is attempt to address earlier stumbles.
This is highly credible. I did some research a few years ago into ERP failures. ERP failures can be spectacular in their effect - they have on occasion destroyed the company unsuccessfully trying to deploy the system. I came to the conclusion that the main generic cause of failure was the human one of poor management, examples being lack of middle management buy-in, inadequate training and explanation, illegal system workarounds etc. I suspect that by far the main cause of failure of large IT projects is managerial, either in strategy or implementation. Here is another example: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ict_governance/message/190 Gervas > > Have we really learned the lessons of the past? Or are we repeating > the same ol' mistakes? > > -Rob >
