Service-Oriented Architecture Governance for the Services Driven Enterprise

A must-have for all companies undertakingservice-oriented architecture (SOA) governanceAs SOA interest and adoption have accelerated rapidly, the challenges of governance have risen to the forefront across the entire industry. Without an SOA governance model, SOA adoption is stilted and hampered by a lack of engagement with key enterprise stakeholders.Service-Oriented Architecture Governance for the Services Driven Enterprise provides a universal governance model design framework that will apply to any enterprise governance challenge-corporate governance, IT governance, enterprise architecture governance, portfolio management, or PMO governance-and helps you establish a process for building your own enterprise SOA governance model.Drawing upon his extensive experience in software and technology services, author and industry expert Eric Marks discusses:The SOA governance imperativeWhy apply an SOA governance reference model?An overview of major enterprise governance processes and their relationship to SOA governanceHow to organize your SOA governance toolkitA universal enterprise SOA governance model design frameworkNew perspectives on SOA policies and policy enforcement mechanismsGovernance organizational designs, structural models, and governance board best practicesAn overview of SOA governance enabling technology and industry standardsServices life-cycle governance approaches and best practicesCreating the right organizational, cultural, and behavioral modelA cutting-edge view of the future of governance, leveraging experiences from open source, the Internet, and moreMany companies fail to create an integrated vision for how business processes should work across the enterprise. Service-Oriented Architecture Governance for the Services Driven Enterprise is a pragmatic road map for any company seeking to implement SOA to leverage profitability and growth.Marks, Eric A. is the author of 'Service-Oriented Architecture Governance for the Services Driven Enterprise', published 2008 under ISBN 9780470171257 and ISBN 0470171251.