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SOA Governance Model Development. This phase involves develop-
ment and implementation of an SOA governance model that aligns to
and supports the realization of an organization’s SOA goals and objec-
tives. As mentioned above, often the SOA governance phase is started
before an organization has defined its SOA strategy. Thus, the first gap
to close in order to implement effective SOA governance is the develop-
ment of an SOA strategy.
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SOA Ramp and Governance Ramp. This SOA adoption phase is
focused on preparing for the formal, programmatic execution of an
SOA initiative in an organization. SOA ramp activities include training
for the core team, developing reference architecture artifacts, service
design and interoperability standards, specifying and acquiring the
SOA development, testing and run-time platforms, defining the SOA
development lifecycle, implementing SOA governance processes, and
organizations and artifacts. The ramp activities will prepare the organ-
ization for SOA execution according to the defined SOA strategy and
under the oversight of the SOA governance model.
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SOA Reference Implementation. The SOA reference implementation
phase is a milestone phase. Once the organization has done its prepara-
tion and ramp activities, it can begin to implement its first true SOA
project. This project should be carefully selected, planned, and executed
such that it represents, on a small, controlled scale, your SOA end state.
This is what we mean by a SOA reference implementation. It represents
your end-state SOA implementation from a business, process, gover-
nance, and technology perspective, and includes or implements most or
all of the many facets of SOA that you will require to realize the benefits
of SOA according to your SOA strategy and SOA governance model.
The SOA reference implementation phase represents a major milestone
and a major organizational win if it is performed well, and will serve as
the nucleus around which your team will iterate and expand its SOA
capabilities, processes, governance and implementations.
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SOA Program. The SOA program phase is where your organization is
beginning the formal execution of SOA projects in accordance with
your SOA strategy and SOA governance model, and leverages your
SOA Reference Implementation as the platform for execution. Pro-
grammatic execution of SOA in this phase will begin slowly, with a few
programs or projects, and will accelerate as your maturity evolves. In
our experience, many organizations attempt to transition directly from
the SOA Inception phase to the SOA program phase by skipping SOA
strategy and planning, SOA governance model development, and SOA
ramp and governance ramp. These organizations often will stall under
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