The major hurdle for SOA deployments is getting the organization to understand the architecture and the business benefits that it will bring. To overcome these barriers, make sure to keep stakeholders informed and implement the technology in a real way with real business benefits. Also, get to know your partners' processes at a high level before developing the detail of how the infrastructure will work.

Learn more about successful SOA projects:
- read the article at Silicon.com

ALSO:
- read this on whether SOA will work in your environment
- this on the basics of SOA
- this on the four stages of successful SOA
- this on whether SOA will help or hinder the alignment of business and IT
- and this on taking it slow with SOA deployments