SOA Governance Resource Guide

SOA Governance Benefits: Why SOA Needs a Governance Framework

SOAGOVSOURCE — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:00:19 +0000

“A good governance framework provides three main benefits all which lead to increased enterprise confidence in the IT Department’s ability to deliver upon the promise of SOA. 1) Full utilization of services (e.g. SOA processes) because they are known and accessible to other developers within the organization which results in improved ROI, 2) Predictable performance (i.e. no high volume glitches or expensive underutilization) and 3) Prevention of security breaches and/or methods to detect or trace any potential breaches.”

Link to Resource: Why SOA Needs a Governance Framework

Source: Igor Khurgin, Saurabh Verma, ITWorldCanada

SOA Governance Resource Guide Section: SOA Governance Benefits

SOA Governance Analyst Quotes: Important Questions for Successful Governance

SOAGOVSOURCE — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:00:55 +0000

“Truly effective SOA governance infects itself into the organizations’ DNA”

Link to Resource: Important Questions for Successful Governance

Source: Aberdeen Group

SOA Governance Resource Guide Section: SOA Governance Quotes by Analysts

John Stepper Brings SOA to Deutsche Bank

SOAGOVSOURCE — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:18:18 +0000

An in-depth interview with an SOA pioneer at Deutsche Bank who “kicked-off an expansive yet Agile methodology that is quickly moving the bank to a global service-orientation, with a minimum of fuss and pain.” From the Interview:

“At the end of the first quarter, we did something that’s not too common for Deutsche Bank, which is, we created some cross-bank governance structures for our SOA program. Most people will hear the word ‘governance’ and tune out. But this was a group making sure that a group of people across the bank were able to pick up the early work of the infrastructure, and expend that to training and communications for the flagship project to the service development. What we didn’t want to do is just turn all the activity onto SOA and create spaghetti; to let 1,000 flowers bloom into something that, in the end, doesn’t really add up to much. What the governance structures did was to build on the work we did on the infrastructure side, and advance it when it comes to things like naming standards. All of the engineering decisions that have to be made-which can make all the difference in how these things are used and operate. To extend that to communications, we had the same governance structure set up. We rolled these programs out to touch the development community in small groups. We made sure they were aware of what was going on, that we listened to the problems that were affecting them, and that we would determine what would make a difference for them.”

Link to Resource: John Stepper Brings SOA to Deutsche Bank

Source: John Stepper, Managing IT Director of Equity Derivatives & Equity Finance, Deutsche Bank via IDG Norway

SOA Governance Resource Guide Section: SOA Governance User Implementations and Success Stories

SOA Governance Quotes: SOA Governance Tools

SOAGOVSOURCE — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:07:16 +0000

“SOA governance is not a tool or a product. SOA governance is about people and leadership. No tool will deliver good governance out the box if human factor is not taken into consideration. However the right tool can facilitate and provide transparency into SOA governance.”

Link to Resource: SOA Governance Tools

Source: Joel Amoussou, Efasoft (SOA Consultancy)

SOA Governance Resource Guide Section: SOA Governance Quotes

SOA Governance Explored: Quest for True SOA

SOAGOVSOURCE — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:00:08 +0000

An ethereal look at SOA Governance that provides intriguing perspectives on SOA Governance’s definition, role and place. From the Resource:

“After giving it some consideration, I realized that there must be an underlying elephant behind all of this and set out to define it. The rest of this article will describe the vision of SOA Governance as the defining characteristic of SOA that ensued. We will also illustrate it with an example.”

Link to Resource: Quest for True SOA

Source: Alex Maclinovsky, Sun Microsystems

SOA Governance Resource Guide Section: SOA Governance Explored

SOA, Social Computing e Web 2.0

SOAGOVSOURCE — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:14:23 +0000

“Rather than ‘SOA governance’, we talk about ‘governing the enterprise using SOA.’”

Link to Resource: SOA, Social Computing e Web 2.0 | PDF

Source: Anonymous End User

SOA Governance Resource Guide Section: SOA Governance Quotes by Users

SOA Governance Metaphors: SOA Governance: Balancing Process and Agility

SOAGOVSOURCE — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:12:03 +0000

“Implementing SOA without a solid governance model is the equivalent to having an airport without a control tower. Sure, there are some very good planes and talented pilots, but without the proper planning and timely information the end results would be disastrous. So make sure you build a control tower and hire some air traffic controllers!”

Link to Resource: SOA Governance: Balancing Process and Agility

Source: Mike Kavis

SOA Governance Resource Guide Section: SOA Governance Metaphors

A Spoonful of Governance for SOA

SOAGOVSOURCE — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:59 +0000

A practical look from a practitioner’s standpoint at the role and value of SOA Governance. This Resource includes looks into SOA Governance definition, objectives and components. From the Resource:

“As I delved into the world of SOA governance, I quickly realized that it was nothing new. Rather, it is simply a reorientation and formalization of many of the things good software architects have been doing all along. When you create software architecture, requirements exist that go beyond the immediate requests of the business users. Consistency, repeatability, testability, scalability, and manageability are built into good software architecture. SOA governance ensures that your SOA has them. Governance doesn’t have to be a bad word. In fact, you may already have some of the pieces in place for your SOA governance plan and not even know it. If you’ve spent any time designing software, you might have already solved some of the issues.”

Link to Resource: A Spoonful of Governance for SOA

Source: Steve Stefanovich, RDA Corporation

SOA Governance Resource Guide Section: SOA Governance Explored

Ten Strategies for Overcoming the Technological Impact of SOA Governance

SOAGOVSOURCE — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:05:49 +0000

A high-quality collection of ten SOA Governance technology tips. From the Resource:

Include governance technology as part of your overall SOA roadmap.
Make sure your governance platform is agnostic with regard to service development technologies.
Make sure your governance platform is able to support a full range of service deployment technologies.
Recognize the importance of testing as part of your overall SOA governance responsibility.
Collect important governance-related metrics and review them regularly.
Track activity through multiple IT resource layers.
Break down the barriers between repositories and registries.
When selecting a governance technology product, write a well-planned, formal RFP.
Avoid governance tools that require code modifications.
Make sure that the governance tool fits into your existing IT governance landscape.

Link to Resource: Ten Strategies for Overcoming the Technological Impact of SOA Governance

Source: Robert D. Schneider, The SOA Magazine

SOA Governance Resource Guide Section: SOA Governance Best Practices

Making Your SOA Journey Successful – Key Aspects

SOAGOVSOURCE — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:07:38 +0000

“SOA without governance is like a class full of brilliant students without a teacher.”

Link to Resource: Making Your SOA Journey Successful – Key Aspects

Source: Shubhankar Sumar, Infosys

SOA Governance Resource Guide Section: SOA Governance Metaphors