Requirements for Governance

[Danny Thornton <danny_thornton2@yahoo.com>]

In last Wednesday’s telecon, our discussion of SOA
Governance centered on reflecting the roles, rights,
and obligations of participants.  Particpants could be
people, organizations, or entities directly or
indirectly involved in the interactions with a
service. In order to embed the service in human
society, there are also participants involved in the
delivery of the services, monitoring the services,
etc.

When thinking through SOA Governance, two questions
arise.  How are services governed through management
and how are the interactions of services governed? The
RA requirements for Effectiveness relate to the
Governance of interactions.  These requirements are
closely related to discussions of Governance and
Policy.

http://wiki.oasis-open.org/soa-rm/Goals,_Critical_Success_Factors_and_Requirements

The RA requirements for Graduated engagement and
Manageability relate to the management type of
Governance.  These requirements are closely related to
discussions of Governance and life cycle.  

I would argue that if you looked at the RA
requirements with Governance tinted glasses, you would
find the necessary requirements.  Creating a critical
success factor for Governance would mean providing a
different view of the requirements for Effectiveness
and Assurance.

Danny

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