Chapter 6. SOA Governance and Service Lifecycle
Analysts and industry specialists have talked about aligning business and IT for a long time. If a company’s business structure and IT architecture are not in sync, the company cannot perform at its peak or drive the desired innovation. Today this alignment has become not only a reality, but also a source of competitive advantage. Governance is the policy, clarity, and measurements that drive the alignment of business and IT. Governance needs to be one of the first thoughts in moving toward business innovation and flexibility because it ensures a foundation for growth and a foundation for flex-pon-sive* companies. In every SOA example that we go through, governance is the secret sauce that really ...
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