Service-Oriented Architecture Governance for the Services Driven Enterprise

5.2. GOVERNANCE MODEL VALIDATION, REFINEMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING

The sections below describe critical activities you should perform to validate your enterprise SOA governance model, refine the model as need, and begin preparations for implementation and roll out of the finalized enterprise SOA governance model.

5.2.1. Governance Model Validation: Walk through and Test the Model

A key aspect of a useful governance model is a validation process to ensure policies actually work, are enforced per the policy enforcement model, and support business and technology objectives. In the governance model validation step, we are making sure the model is appropriate and right-sized, and that the policies and enforcement mechanisms all work in concert to achieve the desired outcomes. The following processes should be performed in validating and rightsizing the governance model:

• Validate governance strategy, scope, and stakeholder model

• Validate policy model

• Validate policy enforcement model (PEM):

  • Validate governance processes

  • Validate organizational model, boards, and composition

  • Validate governance tools and enabling technologies

• Walk through the model and test it against multiple scenarios, including exception conditions

• Test and validate exception management processes via governance board structure

Iterate and Refine the Governance Model Another critical aspect of governance is to evolve, adapt, and mature your governance model through time. There is no such thing as a perfect governance ...