A great line from Full Metal Jacket. If you've not heard, I'm doing a full day seminar at the InfoWorld SOA Executive Forum, held November 7th and 8th in NYC. I'm doing the SOA Practitioner's Crash Course on the second day. You can find the information and summary information here. Here is the abstract: "Many may understand the notion of SOA, but very few have any idea how to get there. Frankly, there is no hard A great line from Full Metal Jacket. If you’ve not heard, I’m doing a full day seminar at the InfoWorld SOA Executive Forum, held November 7th and 8th in NYC. I’m doing the SOA Practitioner’s Crash Course on the second day. You can find the information and summary information here. Here is the abstract: “Many may understand the notion of SOA, but very few have any idea how to get there. Frankly, there is no hard and fast rule as to how one builds a SOA within their organization. Clearly, SOA is a situational thing and your mileage may vary. However, some common patterns are emerging which may provide a step-by-step guide toward implementing a SOA, either on the fast track (revolutionary) or the slow track (evolutionary)—as long as you’re on the right track. The purpose of this seminar is to provide a step-by-step guide for those who design and build SOAs. This seminar will walk through all of the logical steps, including defining key artifacts and providing examples of those artifacts (e.g., design documents). In essence, this seminar serves as a meta-methodology of sorts, taking the mystery out of moving an organization to a more service-oriented and real-time state.” Also, check out the price! Considering the street price for SOA training, this is the bargain of the season. So, come to the conference, come to my seminar, and learn what you need to know to get SOA right the first time. I’ll see you there. Dave Update: New price info is here: /event/soa/07/november/soa_tutorial.html Software Development