Service-Oriented Architecture Governance for the Services Driven Enterprise

Acknowledgments

This book would not have been possible without the contributions and support of many colleagues, friends, and supporters. I would like to acknowledge those who have helped make many of the concepts of this book possible. First, to my contributors, whose support for a few key chapters and reviews has been critical to this book's completion: Brent Carlson, Dennis Nadler, and Vince Snyder.

Next, there have been a few thought leaders in the SOA community who have been critical to moving this industry forward and helping develop some of the concepts contained in this book. Thanks to the following people in alphabetical order: Alan Belisle, Bill Clarke, David Cohn, Ben Morland, Jim Schultz, Mark Stender, Umesh Vemuri, Steve Verba, Adam Vincent, and Rob Vietmeyer. These people have been on the front lines of governance innovation along with me.

Of course, I have to acknowledge Peter Weill and Jeanne Ross, whose book IT Governance: How Top Performers Manage IT Decision Rights for Superior Results established the current foundation for IT governance in the industry such that we could advance our own concepts of Enterprise SOA Governance in this book.

Finally, I have to thank my family for their support and patience as I have gone through yet another writing project. Diane, Jonathan, Jessica, your unyielding support has been my strength!