The
costs of technology assets can become significant and the need to
centralize, monitor and control the contribution of each technology
asset becomes a paramount responsibility for many organizations. Through
the implementation of various mechanisms, it is possible to obtain a
holistic vision and develop synergies between different assets,
empowering their re-utilization and analyzing the impact on the
organization caused by IT changes. When the SOA domain is considered,
the issue of governance should therefore always come into play.
Although
SOA governance is mandatory to achieve any measure of SOA success, its
value still passes incognito in most organizations, mostly due to the
lack of visibility and the detached view of the SOA initiatives. There
are a number of problems that jeopardize the visibility of these
initiatives: Understanding and measuring the value of SOA governance and
its contribution – SOA governance tools are too technical and isolated
from other systems. They are inadequate for anyone outside of the domain
(Business Analyst, Project Managers, or even some Enterprise
Architects), and are especially harsh at the CxO level.
Lack of
information exchange with the business, other operational areas and
project management – It is not only a matter of lack of dialog but also
the question of using a common vocabulary (textual or graphic) that is
adequate for all the stakeholders. We need to generate information that
can be useful for a wider scope of stakeholders like Business and
enterprise architectures. In this article we describe how an
organization can leverage from the existing best practices, and with the
help of adequate exploration and communication tools, achieve and
maintain the level of quality and visibility that is required for SOA
and SOA governance initiatives.
Introduction Understanding
and implementing effective SOA governance has become a corporate
imperative in order to ensure coherence and the attainment of the basic
objectives of SOA initiatives:
develop the correct services
control costs and risks bound to the development process
reduce time-to-market
Read the full article here.
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