1. A method for monitoring a service oriented architecture (SOA), comprising a plurality of components, the method comprising: providing at least one monitoring unit for at least one of the plurality of components of the SOA; providing data concerning operation of the at least one component as input data to the at least one monitoring unit; and applying fuzzy logic in the monitoring unit to analyse the input data for generating at least one output value; providing the at least one output value, wherein the at least one output value is based on said applying.