In my last article I gave an introduction to service-oriented architectures (SOAs) [1]. In this issue, I'm going to discuss a little about how to approach the process of planning for an SOA implementation, primarily from a management perspective. The starting point for implementing an SOA is with the systems you have today. After all, SOAs are not about replacing systems, they are about getting those systems to interoperate. They are also about getting your systems to collaborate with those of your commerce partners, but that is a secondary and longer term goal. Initially, we are primarily focusing on interoperating.So...