You Are on an Analysis Team for a SOA (Service

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Essay

You are on an analysis team for a SOA (service oriented architecture)project that may impact how the systems development group develops systems.This is a challenge for some of the development team who are used to more traditional approaches.You are focusing less on the as-is system and more on the to-be system.You really want to understand the fears and reluctance within the development team.Develop an interview plan: who would you interview? Why? What kinds of questions would you use? How might you get to the real depths of concerns?

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