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MIT Lost initial momentum.
LF note: considerable SOA architectural work at MIT in 2007. See http://web.mit.edu/itag/eag.html

UW
Web grades project was a catalyst, Strategic Roadmap, Kuali Student has raised awareness, mobile apps, endorsement from leadership

2.3

If there has been a significant change, can you identify the top 3 drivers for that change?

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UofT
The need for enterprise integration of back-end administrative systems (HR, Finance, Student), The need for better Master Data Management, Executive leadership (CIO or Enterprise Architecture)

UW
The need for enterprise integration of back-end administrative systems (HR, Finance, Student), The need for greater agility, Executive leadership (CIO or Enterprise Architecture)

2.4 Additional comments

UofT
We realize that we are still mostly at the "ad hoc" phase and there are frequent discussions with the divisional IT staff to educate them on the benefits of SOA.

MIT
The push for Project management has interfered with establishing and adhering to architectural goals

UW
It is difficult to have a SOA initiative when demands of individual projects often take precedence. We need to leverage projects to build out middleware.