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Service-Oriented Architecture Governance for the Services Driven Enterprise
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Service-Oriented Architecture Governance for the Services Driven Enterprise

by Eric A. Marks
September 2008
Intermediate to advanced
330 pages
9h 46m
English
Wiley
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1.25. SUMMARY

SOA governance does not have to be complicated, but it often can be, owing to the many valid stakeholder viewpoints in a SOA initiative. In order to make sense of SOA governance, there are a few dynamics to keep in mind.

  • All the stakeholders' views are valid, yet all are not as critical early on as they will be later.

  • Representing all SOA stakeholders is difficult. Assuaging them with SOA governance is more challenging.

  • Governance will not be fun or easy.

  • You will have to over-govern in the short term. This will be uncomfortable.

  • You will inevitably take decision rights away from some individuals and organizations, while assigning them to others. This transfer of authority and control will anger people. Deal with it.

IT governance is also extremely important based on the structure of the IT function in an organization. The structure and organization of IT similarly has a dramatic and direct effect on how SOA governance must be structured.

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