http://www.soamag.com The SOA Magazine is a monthly online publication provided by SOA Systems Inc. and Prentice Hall/PearsonPTR and is officially associated with the "Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl." SOA en-us Copyright 2006-2007, SOA Systems Inc. http://www.soamag.com/I7/0507-2.asp These days, most organizations moving ahead with SOA projects are aware of the fact that traditional design and development approaches will need to undergo some significant changes. Often overlooked, however, are the processes in place for ensuring the ultimate quality of delivered service-oriented solutions. This article explores the concept of "process cadence" as it applies to the modernization of quality assurance in support of SOA. It provides a step-by-step process for realizing process cadence by taking both top-down and bottom-up delivery considerations into account and explores both technological and organizational issues and considerations unique to testing and applying quality assurance to SOA implementations and service-oriented solutions. (First published in The SOA Magazine Issue VII, May 2007.) SOA http://www.soamag.com/contributors/bio-wariola.asp#When:03.05.07