Visualizing the possibilities of a process-centric, service oriented enterprise can be difficult when considering it in a vaccum. This page provides a compilation of case studies, intended to spur others toward the possibilities that SOA and BPM may hold for other organizations.

SOA Case Studies by Year (courtesy of Joe McKendrick’s blog)

• Nine places where SOA made a difference in 2007
• Ten more ways SOA made a difference in 2007
• Ten companies where SOA made a difference in 2006
• Ten examples of SOA at work right now (late 2005 / early 2006)

Case Study Collections

• InfoWorld Collection - Five case studies illustrating the initial adoption of SOA by several major organizations, including British Telecom and Countrywide
• The Open Group Case Study Collection - The Open Group has an excellent listing of case studies grouped by industry

Individual Case Studies

• Boekhandels Groep Nederland - This Dutch book retailer has embarked upon an intriguing SOA initiative combined with RFID, an event-driven architecture, and CRM
• El Paso County, CO - BPM and SOA have been employed to overhaul this Colorado county’s information systems
• ING Card - Business agility use case illustrating streamlined integration along with more agile and cost efficient roll-out of new products and services
• R.L Polk - This auto industry marketing data powerhouse, managed to get off the mainframe, while reducing costs and increase product time-to-market

Vendor Case Studies

• BEA Case Studies - Successful SOA deployment using BEA including such clients as Toyota, Virgin Mobile, Covad, and HP
• IBM Success Stories - Various SOA success stories from IBM clients
• Oracle Case Studies - Three great case studies that illustrate how SOA delivered significant ROI based on reduced time and cost vs traditional integration techniques
• Systinet Case Studies - Systinet (now owned by HP), has had several notable SOA successes, including Starwood Hotels, United States EPA, and Amazon.com