| Title: |
SOA Governance: Challenge or Opportunity? |
| Author: |
Paul Allen |
| Publication Date: |
30 April 2008 |
| Report Type: |
Journal |
| Report Class: |
Best Practice |
| Abstract: |
SOA Governance has taken on a renewed importance as organizations seek to scale up their early SOA experiences. Scarcely a week seems to go by without SOA governance popping up in a story on the newswires. Too often however the advice given is too vague with a lack of specific measures that can be taken by organizations that need to achieve much better accountability in challenging economic times, or is focused on the narrow view of governance that is supported by a vendor’s products. Our experiences in the field show that despite the challenges there is now an opportunity to get to grips with overall IT governance, of which SOA is one, albeit key, part. This article distills the main lessons learnt in the form of a SOA governance framework with practical guidelines for progression in real world contexts. |
| Backgrounder: |
At CBDI we have always advocated that governance needs to be rooted in clear policy definition and in fact devoted an article to this in June 2007. Since that time we have been busy assisting organizations improve SOA governance approaches based on an underlying foundation of clear policy definition. One thing that has emerged vividly from this work is that organizations must move forward at their own pace and in a way that is realistic in terms of their current SOA adoption level. Moreover the approach taken to SOA governance must be in tune with the overall governance requirements and political climate. We have therefore distilled these experiences into an SOA Governance Framework – embracing policy, process, infrastructure and capability maturity – that can be tailored to each organization's specific needs. At the same time we are finding increasingly that SOA governance represents an opportunity to improve overall governance capabilities, which are all too often well short of the bar. Indeed successful SOA governance has to be seen as one component in organizational change management. |
| Report Size: |
12 pages |
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