2008-08-19 23:34:38| ZapThink
So, I suspected there was more to the problem than who's making the rules.
ZapThink's Jason Bloomberg apparently thinks so, too. In my humble opinion, he best summed up the real problem in a recent white paper, "Effective Governance of the Service Lifecycle." Bloomberg wrote:
"The SOA governance challenge, therefore, boils down to how to maintain adequate control while at the same time providing the flexibility the organization requires from their SOA initiative."
So, you see, it isn't just a political struggle. IT's need for adequate service control is bumping up against the business user's need for flexibility. And you can understand their frustration, since responsiveness and agility were among SOA's big promises to business users. They've got a legitimate beef.
Bloomberg's white paper offers the most practical advice I've seen thus far on addressing SOA governance. It's a long paper - and there's some contained shilling for IBM's WebSphere Service Registry and Repository. But it also offers a smart, iterative approach to SOA governance that may help you short-circuit the conflict between business (flexibility) and IT (control).
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