On Jul 3, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Anne Thomas Manes wrote: > > I'm still committed to my assertion that governance is critical to a > successful SOA initiative--but only because governance is a means to > effect behavioral change. The true success factor is changing > behavior. >
+1. I define governance as the people, policies, and processes that an organization uses to achieve a desired behavior. If the behavior of the organization, the infrastructure, or anything else needs to change, you need policies that guide toward the new behavior. -tb
