SOA Consortium's SOA Industry Case Study Forum - Stealth Launch

Last week, our Promoting Business-Driven SOA/Executive Suite SOA working group, with an assist from the SOA-C's web team, quietly launched our SOA Industry Case Study Forum.  Right now, there are over 20 cases studies and about half are named.  Some of the companies are Aflac, First Horizon, Federal Signal, Sony Pictures, Staples, Valero Energy and Pratt & Whitney (coincidently, my first IT employer).

In reviewing all of the case studies, Fill Bowen, the co-leader of the Promoting Business-Driven SOA Strategy, identified these repeating themes:

Business Need:

• Profit margin pressure and requirement for lower cost solutions
• More competitors and needed to comply with changing regulations
• Need to increase revenue
• Faster time to market
• Present single view to employees and customers

Use Case:

• Implement scalable and adaptable processes
• Develop Governance process and policies
• Create Center of Excellence
• Shorten integration/update cycles
• Create employee and/or customer portals

Results:

• Reduced business process improvement costs and time
• Improve business flexibility through creating fewer, faster business processes
• Reduce business expenses through consolidation and reduced redundancy
• Faster time-to-market for new business solutions
• Reduced development expenses and decreased development time

Go check out the case studies.  Keep an eye here, or at the case study forum, for the next release.  Just don't tell the marketing folks you heard about this from me!