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lifecycle phases. We will detail some of these SOA governance differences

in Chapter 8. In the meantime, review the SOA Adoption Model and deter-

mine where your organization is in its SOA maturity. After you have done

this, write down the SOA governance processes, boards, policies and en-

forcement mechanisms you have in place now. Then examine the next two

stages of SOA maturity and consider what additional SOA governance re-

quirements you may have to consider as you add more services and expand

SOA to more projects or to an enterprise level. What you will realize from

this exercise is that SOA governance is an evolving, changing, and sustained

activity, and your organizational requirements for SOA governance will

vary based on internal organizational factors as well as relative SOA

maturity.

SOABILLOFRIGHTS

As our deﬁnition of SOA governance states, enterprise SOA governance can

be summarized as doing the right SOA things the right way for the SOA

stakeholders. The author (2006) captured many of these ‘‘rights’’ in a

whitepaper entitled ‘‘AgilePath’s SOA Bill of Rights,’’ which is excerpted

below:

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is being vigorously pursued

by most organizations today. That said, SOA is still a very new dis-

cipline. There are many aspects of SOA that must be carefully

planned and executed to avoid common pitfalls such as wasted

effort, misspent funding, and inappropriate application of SOA

concepts. So, while we applaud these early SOA adoption efforts,

we are compelled to offer our ‘‘SOA Bill of Rights.’’ These are the

essential SOA elements and capabilities that you must get right

in order to ensure your SOA success. AgilePath’s SOA Bill of

‘‘Rights’’ are listed below and explained in detail:

Pursue the Right SOA Strategy

Apply SOA to the Right Challenges

Identify and Build the Right Services

Build Your Services the Right Way

Get your SOA platform Right

Establish the Right SOA Governance Model and Policies

Encourage the Right Organizational and Cultural Behavior

Achieve the Right SOA Results

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