Service-Oriented Architecture Governance for the Services Driven Enterprise

7.14. SOA GOVERNANCE ORGANIZATIONAL MODEL SUMMARY

This chapter has presented a variety of approaches and best practices to help you understand, define and implement your enterprise SOA governance organizational model. This is a complex subject, and how you organize governance organizations and boards will play a critical role in achieving a successful governance model.

We have emphasized that you should not begin with the organizational model as many consulting firms often do. You must first understand the governance processes and policies, then define the governance organizational model as one facet of an integrated policy enforcement model comprised of boards, processes and tools. We have presented some perspectives on various organizational designs, as well as multiple considerations to bear in mind as you approach your SOA governance organizational model. If you approach this challenge from an integrated policy enforcement perspective, you will be able to implement an appropriate governance organizational model that is right sized and with an appropriate stakeholder make up, and that will facilitate the realization of SOA governance for your organization.