2SOA Governance Assessment and Planning

In Chapter 1, “Introduction to Governance,” we introduced the concept of SOA governance and its relationship to IT and corporate governance. In this chapter, we show you how to assess the current status of an SOA and SOA governance initiative for an organization and to identify the most important focus areas and potential inhibitors to success. This assessment then enables you to plan for the definition of SOA governance for the organization. In Chapter 3, “Building the Service Factory,” and Chapter 4, “Governing the Service Factory,” we begin to develop a treatment plan that addresses the most critical risk areas and introduces some longer-term changes to improve the overall health of the ...

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