Service-Oriented Architecture Governance for the Services Driven Enterprise

7.13. SOA GOVERNANCE ORGANIZATIONAL ROADMAP

You should consider developing an organizational roadmap to correspond to your SOA governance process roadmap. You will not need a large or complex governance organizational model early in your SOA adoption cycle. The SOA governance organizational roadmap will sequence your SOA governance organizational model by phases of adoption or by date milestones, whichever approach makes sense for your team. Exhibit 7.5 depicts a sample SOA governance organizational roadmap.

Figure 7.5. Sample SOA Governance Organizational Roadmap

This notional organizational roadmap shows three phases of governance boards being implemented over time. In the first phase, three boards are added to an existing enterprise architecture board. In phase two, a few additional boards are added as the scope and enterprise traction of SOA are expanded. In the third phase, a board disbands based on increased SOA maturity. Perhaps more than one board can be retired depending on the dynamics of your organization.