Pravin Gokhe

While organizational business units and departments are in a hurry to embrace Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), without a proper control or governance of SOA adoption, the organizations are at risk of building unmanaged SOA environments that result in chaos and failure. The success of SOA largely depends on a robust governance mechanism. As a first step, organizations must start by defining a Governance Model addressing various challenges surrounding SOA space. In this article, we will discuss the key objectives of SOA governance and the various artifacts required for establishing a sound SOA Governance Model. A well-defined Governance Model will act as a foundation for long-lasting SOA success. SOA Governance Objectives Organizations are SOA-enabling their applicatio... (more)