Architect Center: SOA Governance

Effective SOA governance keeps the people, processes, and technologies that comprise the SOA ecosystem moving in the right direction, toward an agile, evolving architecture that drives innovation and sustains business value. The resources presented here will help you stay ahead of the SOA governance curve.

Blog: Avoid Disaster, Embrace People-Processes Like Change Management
Dave Berry asks, "Why is it that organizations implementing SOA often minimize the importance of people processes such as change management in favor technical tasks?"
posted Jun 29, 2009

Wiki: SOA and BPM Approaches
This wiki page documents the output of the SOA/BPM Symposium at ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2009, organized by Oracle ACE Directors Lonneke Dikmans, Lucas Jellema, and Mike van Alst. "This can serve as a start for gathering of knowlegde and common solutions in SOA/BPM projects," says van Alst.
posted Jun 23, 2009

Blog: Tactical SOA Governance Processes. AKA, where to start? (SOA Governance@work)
In a response to a post by Oracle ACE Director Mike van Alst, Dave Berry discusses tactical processes for organizations that are trying to get a handle on SOA asset management.
posted Jun 2, 2009

Blog: Failure to implement and adhere to SOA Governance
Guest blogger Mervin Chiang from Leonardo Consulting steps into the Red Room to discuss the importance of understanding the SOA ecosystem in implementing SOA governance.
posted May 26, 2009

OTN Arch2Arch Podcast: SOA Governance: Getting it Wrong
SOA author Todd Biske and Oracle SOA Governance experts Cathy Lippert and Sharon Fay join host Bob Rhubart to wrap up their discussion of SOA Governance issues with a look at where most organizations get governance wrong.
posted May 20, 2009

Podcast: SOA Governance: Drawing the Line on Reuse
In this OTN Arch2Arch Podcast, Cathy Lippert, Sharon Fay, and special guest Todd Biske discuss how much emphasis SOA governance should place on reuse.
posted Apr 30, 2009