Effective Governance During SOA Lifecycle - Theory and Practice

Abstract

Abstract. This research provides a theoretical conceptualization of SOA governance aspects that can be used to assess SOA governance practices and provide guidance to improve them. The review of IT and SOA governance shows that there are conflicting claims and inconsistency in the literature concerning the role of SOA governance. Moreover, there is no empirical evidence on the implications of the governance frameworks used for SOA and how they are working in the most effective ways. As a result, there is confusion in practice as the issues of SOA governance have not been successfully addressed. Based on an extensive analysis of major governance frameworks, a comprehensive list of key SOA governance aspects is proposed. This research will focus on the assessment of the importance of SOA governance aspects by finding the role of the governance framework during the different activities of SOA lifecycle and outlining the discrepancies between theory and practice.

Cloud Computing Governance Lifecycle

“…There exist several frameworks for SOA governance (IBM, 2009;Joukhadar & Rabhi, 2013;Oracle, 2013;The Open Group, 2009). In recent years, there have been proposed many SOA governance frameworks and models (Joukhadar & Rabhi, 2013;Niemann et al, 2008) and some large organization defined SOA governance as a complement to their commercial products.…”

“…In recent years, there have been proposed many SOA governance frameworks and models (Joukhadar & Rabhi, 2013;Niemann et al, 2008) and some large organization defined SOA governance as a complement to their commercial products. However, many SOA governance frameworks do not have a guideline for their implementation and there is lack of available empirical studies on successful adoption of SOA governance (Joukhadar & Rabhi, 2015).…”