1.1.  SOA at its core is based on successful service designs applied to IT architecture and infrastructure that will provide the maximum benefits and value for the state as an enterprise.

2.  The second core value of SOA is multi-use modularity; taking large complex systems and breaking it into a number of small parts where each part contains enough functionality to do some meaningful work for the enterprise.

3.  The third core value is to connect modular parts into service components that performs a specific function that satisfies the customer and/or citizen.

4.  A fourth core value is to connect service components into composite service applications that cross traditional boundaries of applications, functions, and process in providing enterprise services.

5.  The fifth core value of SOA is loose coupling, meaning that there are minimal dependencies among services which allows quick assembly of different business solutions that do not affect each other and can be reused independently. This reduces to a minimum the unnecessary dependencies that make traditional monolithic architecture hard to change.

6.  The ultimate core value of SOA is an emphasis on design that is incrementally and constantly improved to increase business value for the state.