Great presentation, Anne. I've just returned from SOA India 2007 in
Bangalore, where I gave the keynote and a workshop. Group members may
be interested in my own take on governance:
Keynote slides
<http://www.sda-india.com/conferences/soaindia/SOA_India_Slides/Keith_Harrison-Broninski/Keith_Harrison-Broninski_Keynote_SOA_India_2007.ppt>
Also, following discussions at the conference around data management, I
prepared today a new version of my Balanced Scorecard for SOA Governance
<http://tinyurl.com/2cz59n>.
Broadly, I agree with Anne on most things, but also think there is a key
piece missing - namely overarching process management techniques and
tools for the human work of which (as Anne says) governance largely
consists. Without this, the constant change that justifies an SOA
initiative in the first place is extremely risky.
Interesting to talk to delegates from many different sizes and types of
organization. They are actually doing SOA! Not just talking about it :-)
And their experiences bear witness to an urgent need for a deeper
understanding of governance. Many people I spoke to were technically
savvy, but had little or no appreciation of the process issues around
governance. I heard some startling things.
--
All the best
Keith
http://keith.harrison-broninski.info
