Service-Oriented Architecture Governance for the Services Driven Enterprise

1.14. SOA BILL OF RIGHTS

As our definition of SOA governance states, enterprise SOA governance can be summarized as doing the right SOA things the right way for the SOA stakeholders. The author (2006) captured many of these "rights" in a whitepaper entitled "AgilePath's SOA Bill of Rights," which is excerpted below:^[]

^[] Eric A. Marks, "AgilePath's SOA Bill of Rights: Aspects of SOA You Must Get Right" AgilePath Corporation, 2006.

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is being vigorously pursued by most organizations today. That said, SOA is still a very new discipline. There are many aspects of SOA that must be carefully planned and executed to avoid common pitfalls such as wasted effort, misspent funding, and inappropriate application of SOA concepts. So, while we applaud these early SOA adoption efforts, we are compelled to offer our "SOA Bill of Rights." These are the essential SOA elements and capabilities that you must get right in order to ensure your SOA success. AgilePath's SOA Bill of "Rights" are listed below and explained in detail:

• Pursue the Right SOA Strategy

• Apply SOA to the Right Challenges

• Identify and Build the Right Services

• Build Your Services the Right Way

• Get your SOA platform Right

• Establish the Right SOA Governance Model and Policies

• Encourage the Right Organizational and Cultural Behavior

• Achieve the Right SOA Results