SOA Governance: Applying Governance to Ensure the Long-term Benefits of SOA - 2008/06/01 - Butler Group

Report title: SOA Governance: Applying Governance to Ensure the Long-term Benefits of SOA

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228 page report published Jun 01, 2008

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This Report reveals:- How SOA governance provides linkage between corporate governance and IT governance.- Why people and processes are more critical to SOA governance than the supporting technology.- How to ensure the service architecture is designed for the benefit of the whole organisation, not just the initial project.- How to monitor the health of the runtime environment in a continuous fashion.- Why business policies should be enforced dynamically through active runtime components.- How to address the complexity of SOA change management. - How leading companies have deployed SOA governance in their own organisations.- Which vendor solutions can be deployed to support the different phases of SOA governance.

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Professional & Management Services

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Title	Starting Page	Number of Pages
Sections
Contents â?? June 2008 Section 1: Management Summary 9 1.1 Management Summary 11 Section 2: Business Issues Around SOA Governance 17 2.1 Report Objectives and Structure 19 2.2 Setting the Context for SOA Governance 21 2.3 What Makes SOA Particularly Challe	0	1
Contents â€“ June 2008	0	1
Section 1: Management Summary	9	8
1.1 Management Summary	11	6
Section 1: Management Summary 9	0	1
1.1 Management Summary 11	0	1
Section 2: Business Issues Around SOA Governance	17	18
2.1 Report Objectives and Structure	19	2
Section 2: Business Issues Around SOA Governance 17	0	1
2.1 Report Objectives and Structure 19	0	1
2.2 Setting the Context for SOA Governance	21	5
2.3 What Makes SOA Particularly Challenging?	26	5
2.2 Setting the Context for SOA Governance 21	0	1
2.3 What Makes SOA Particularly Challenging? 26	0	1
2.4 Setting the Bounds for SOA Governance	31	4
Section 3: Governance in the SOA Planning Phase	35	30
2.4 Setting the Bounds for SOA Governance 31	0	1
Section 3: Governance in the SOA Planning Phase 35	0	1
3.1 Aligning the SOA Deployment with Business Aims	37	4
3.2 Understanding the Roles Involved in SOA Governance	41	2
3.1 Aligning the SOA Deployment with Business Aims 37	0	1
3.2 Understanding the Roles Involved in SOA Governance 41	0	1
3.3 Putting the Right People in the Right Roles	43	2
3.4 Building in Incentives for Sharing Resources	45	4
3.3 Putting the Right People in the Right Roles 43	0	1
3.4 Building in Incentives for Sharing Resources 45	0	1
3.5 Establishing the SOA Centre of Excellence	49	2
3.6 Governance in Multi-organisational SOA Projects	51	3
3.5 Establishing the SOA Centre of Excellence 49	0	1
3.6 Governance in Multi-organisational SOA Projects 51	0	1
3.7 Implementing a Methodology to Guide the SOA Deployment	54	4
3.8 Establishing the Technology Requirements for Later Phases	58	7
3.7 Implementing a Methodology to Guide the SOA Deployment 54	0	1
3.8 Establishing the Technology Requirements for Later Phases 58	0	1
Section 4: Governance in the Design and Development Phase	65	40
4.1 The Aims of Governance in the Design and Development Phase	67	2
Section 4: Governance in the Design and Development Phase 65	0	1
4.1 The Aims of Governance in the Design and Development Phase 67	0	1
4.2 Establishing a Framework for Interoperability	69	3
4.3 Ensuring Continuity of Thought Between Participants	72	3
4.2 Establishing a Framework for Interoperability 69	0	1
4.3 Ensuring Continuity of Thought Between Participants 72	0	1
4.4 A Reference Architecture for Services	75	4
4.5 Designing for Reuse	79	4
4.4 A Reference Architecture for Services 75	0	1
4.5 Designing for Reuse 79	0	1
4.6 Managing the Service Portfolio	83	2
4.7 Impact on Application Selection	85	4
4.6 Managing the Service Portfolio 83	0	1
4.7 Impact on Application Selection 85	0	1
4.8 Managing Messages and Transformations	89	5
4.9 Managing Policies to be Enforced at Runtime	94	4
4.8 Managing Messages and Transformations 89	0	1
4.9 Managing Policies to be Enforced at Runtime 94	0	1
4.10 Performance and Availability Considerations	98	4
4.11 Creating a Testing Strategy	102	3
4.10 Performance and Availability Considerations 98	0	1
4.11 Creating a Testing Strategy 102	0	1
Section 5: Governance of the SOA Runtime Environment	105	20
5.1 The Aims of Governance in the Runtime Environment	107	4
Section 5: Governance of the SOA Runtime Environment 105	0	1
5.1 The Aims of Governance in the Runtime Environment 107	0	1
5.2 Service Discovery	111	4
5.3 Monitoring and Reporting Across the Extended Environment	115	5
5.2 Service Discovery 111	0	1
5.3 Monitoring and Reporting Across the Extended Environment 115	0	1
5.4 Policy Enforcement	120	5
Section 6: Governance of the Change and Retirement Lifecycle	125	18
5.4 Policy Enforcement 120	0	1
Section 6: Governance of the Change and Retirement Lifecycle 125	0	1
6.1 The Aims of Governance in the Change Lifecycle	127	4
6.2 Service Change and Retiremen	131	3
6.1 The Aims of Governance in the Change Lifecycle 127	0	1
6.2 Service Change and Retirement 131	0	1
6.3 Discovering the Impact of Changes	134	5
6.4 Testing Changed SOA Artefacts	139	4
6.3 Discovering the Impact of Changes 134	0	1
6.4 Testing Changed SOA Artefacts 139	0	1
Section 7: Creating a SOA Governance Implementation Plan	143	12
7.1 Assessing Current Readiness and Maturity	145	3
Section 7: Creating a SOA Governance Implementation Plan 143	0	1
7.1 Assessing Current Readiness and Maturity 145	0	1
7.2 Planning Short-term Organisational Change	148	3
7.3 Assessing Methodology Requirements	151	2
7.2 Planning Short-term Organisational Change 148	0	1
7.3 Assessing Methodology Requirements 151	0	1
7.4 Obtaining Commitment to the Plan	153	2
Section 8: SOA Governance Case Studies	155	18
7.4 Obtaining Commitment to the Plan 153	0	1
Section 8: SOA Governance Case Studies 155	0	1
8.1 Case Studies	156	17
Section 9: Market Analysis	173	12
8.1 Case Studies 157	0	1
Section 9: Market Analysis 173	0	1
9.1 Market Dynamics	175	4
9.2 Vendor Strategies	179	2
9.1 Market Dynamics 175	0	1
9.2 Vendor Strategies 179	0	1
9.3 Future Direction	181	4
Section 10: Vendor Profiles	185	32
9.3 Future Direction 181	0	1
Section 10: Vendor Profiles 185	0	1
Adaptive	187	1
AmberPoint	188	2
Adaptive 187	0	1
AmberPoint 188	0	1
BEA	190	2
HP	192	2
BEA 190	0	1
HP 192	0	1
IBM Corporation	194	2
Layer 7 Technologies	196	2
IBM Corporation 194	0	1
Layer 7 Technologies 196	0	1
LogicLibrary	198	1
Managed Methods	199	2
LogicLibrary 198	0	1
Managed Methods 200	0	1
MEGA International	201	1
Metastorm	202	2
MEGA International 201	0	1
Metastorm 203	0	1
Oracle	204	2
Progress Software	206	2
Oracle 205	0	1
Progress Software 207	0	1
SOA Software	208	2
Software AG	210	2
SOA Software 209	0	1
Software AG 210	0	1
Troux Technologies	212	1
Vordel	213	2
Troux Technologies 212	0	1
Vordel 213	0	1
WestGlobal	215	2
Section 11: Glossary	217	12
WestGlobal 215	0	1
Section 11: Glossary 217	0	1

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