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With increasing adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA) comes increasing priority to answer the question "How do I pay for it?" The best SOA investment strategies use portfolio management, lightweight SOA visions, and an evolutionary, street-level strategy. We interviewed 16 firms and found a variety of investment models and patterns ranging from SOA as a strategic investment to SOA investments based on hard-dollar business cases tied to specific projects. Some firms build money for SOA into solution delivery projects, while some have separate, dedicated money. Across all of these investment models, an evolutionary, portfolio-based foundation positions firms to make progress, no matter what their business situation or funding climate.

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