SOA planning and design has received almost no press when you consider the amount that�s out there about the technology. I�ve taken a run at a planning methodology with my �12 Steps to SOA,� written 4 years ago now, and there are others out there as well including approaches from Zap Think, and even vendors such as Polarlake. However, typically these types of publications take a back-seat to the ESB vs. Fabric debate, or even who invented a buzzword. Not productive.

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