Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Governance for the Services Driven Enterprise

by Eric A. Marks ( )

• ISBN13: 9780470399798
• ISBN10: 0470399791
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-09-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

A must-have guide for all companies undertaking service-oriented architecture (SOA) and IT governanceService-Oriented Architecture Governance for the Services Driven Enterprise expertly covers the business, organizational, process, compliance, security, and technology facets of SOA and IT governance. This book provides a comprehensive enterprise view of governance from a strategic and tactical perspective, as well as modeling and planning tools to help evolve a company's ongoing governance requirements. Written by Eric Marks and the industry's leading SOA authorities, this essential book provides a refreshing business-driven perspective to SOA and IT governance.

Table of Contents

Preface

The SOA Governance Imperative

Governance and Resource Management and Allocation

Do Not Confuse Governance with Management

Governance Is about Results and Appropriate Use of Resources

Information Technology Governance

IT Process Frameworks: ITIL, COBOT, CMMI, and Others

IT Governance Approaches

Introduction to Enterprise SOA Governance

The Inevitable SOA Trend

Who Are the SOA Stakeholders?

Addressing SOA Stakeholder Biases

SOA Governance Impacts IT Governance and Enterprise Architecture

SOA Governance Requirements Vary by SOA Maturity

SOA Bill of Rights

Pursue the "Right" SOA Strategy

Apply SOA to the "Right" Challenges

Identify and Build the "Right" Services

Build Your Services the "Right" Way (Design Time Governance)

Get Your SOA Tools Platform "Right"

Create the "Right" Organizational, Cultural and Behavioral Model

Achieve the "Right" SOA Results

Establish the "Right" SOA Governance Model and Policies

Common SOA Governance Mistakes

Right Sized SOA Governance: How Much Governance Do We Need?

Summary

SOA Governance Reference Model

Why a SOA Governance Reference Model?

Elements of the SOA Governance Reference Model

Decomposing the SOA Governance Reference Model

SOA Environmental Dimensions

Applying the SOA Governance Reference Model

Four Tiers of SOA Governance

Expanded Four Tiers of Governance

Enterprise/Strategic Governance Tier

SOA Operating Model Governance Tier

SOA and Services Development Lifecycle Tier

SOA Governance Enabling Technology Tier

Organizing your SOA Governance Toolkit

SOA Governance Assessment Tools

SOA Maturity Assessments

Governance Model Design Tools

SOA Governance Execution Model

Summary

SOA Governance Model Design Process

Governance Model Design Prerequisites

Governance Model Validation, Refinement and Implementation Planning

SOA Governance Model Design Framework Checklist

SOA Governance Goals, Principles, and Policies

Overview of the Goals-Principles-Policy Cycle

SOA Strategy and SOA Goals

SOA Governance Goals

Turning SOA Goals into SOA Principles

Deriving SOA Governance Principles

SOA Governance Policies

Introduction to Policies

What Policies Are Required?

Suggested Policy Definition Process

Decoupling Policies from Services

Identifying Technical Policies

Toward an Integrated Model of SOA Policies

Policy Taxonomy and Vocabulary

Policy Granularity

Multi-Level or Multi-Tiered Policies

Vertical and Horizontal Policy Enforcement

Policy Enforcement Models: Manual, Technology-Assisted, and Automated

Policy Categories Determine Policy Enforcement Mechanisms

Governance Threads and Governance Process Orchestration

Barriers to a Unified Policy Model

Integrated Policy Enforcement Model

Barriers to Integrated Policy Enforcement Models

Policy Provisioning Model (and Process)

SOA Goals, Principle, and Policy Management

Transforming SOA Policies into Behavioral Norms

Summary

SOA Governance Organizational Models

First Things First: Understand Your Current Organizational Structure

Conway's Law and Enterprise SOA Governance

Marks's Law? Organization Reflects Funding

What Does a SOA Governance Organization Do?

Governance Organization Patterns and Best Practices

Other SOA Governance Board Considerations

Specific Governance

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