New method revolutionizes cost estimation for complex SOA projects.
The article presents a method for estimating costs, efforts, and time of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) projects. The goal is to help ICT managers decide which systems' functionalities are worth implementing as services. The method offers a systematic and measurable way to analyze important IT and organizational aspects related to SOA projects for better estimation. This approach fills a gap in existing guidelines by providing a more specific and practical way to estimate SOA projects.