Paul Harmon and Celia Wolf, editors of BPTrends.com, published last week the results of a survey* on the relationship between SOA and BPM.

The questions were answered by the 350 BPTrends readers coming from a mix of industries, company sizes, geographical locations and roles.

Most readers think that BPM and SOA complement each other and should be integrated. Only a few (7%), however, think that SOA is essential for a successful BPM project.

The survey shows that Europe is ahead of North America when it comes to BPMS implementations (78% against 55% of the respondents). These results are consistant with the Aberdeen report published last spring showing that 50% of the respondends in north america were turning to BPM in 2007.