Four IT managers from different organizations have chosen to adopt SO

Question

Options

• AWhen subsequently interviewed, each was asked to explain why this decision was made. One of the IT
• B"SOA will help us increase the responsiveness of the organization as a whole. When our business
• C"SOA will help us increase the amount of value we get from the software programs we build as
• D"SOA will help us streamline our IT enterprise. Our goal, ultimately, is to turn the IT department into a
• E"SOA will help our IT department overcome cultural challenges we've traditionally had with the

• A
  9% (4)
• B
  4% (2)
• D
  84% (38)
• E
  2% (1)

Explanation

Option D is the incorrect reason for adopting SOA - it describes a goal of streamlining IT and reducing the department to a utility function, which is not a recognized SOA adoption driver. SOA is designed to increase IT's strategic alignment with the business, not to commoditize or minimize the IT department's role.

• B is valid: Increasing organizational responsiveness (business agility) is a core SOA goal - services are designed to be recomposed quickly as business needs change.
• C is valid: Maximizing reuse and value from existing software assets is a foundational SOA principle - shared services reduce duplication and cost.
• E is valid: SOA encourages cross-team collaboration through shared services and standards, directly addressing cultural silos between IT groups.
• D is the distractor: "Streamlining" IT toward a utility model conflates SOA with cost-cutting or outsourcing strategies - SOA's purpose is value creation and agility, not operational reduction.

Memory tip: Think of SOA's three pillars - Agility (B), Reuse (C), and Alignment (E). Any answer that frames SOA as a way to shrink or commoditize IT rather than empower it strategically is the wrong answer.

No community discussion yet for this question.