Service-based. Todd Biske: Outside the Box » Blog Archive » Governance does not. In a recent discussion I had on SOA Governance with Brenda Michelson, program director for the SOA Consortium, she passed along a link to this article from Business Week.
It’s the story of Tom Coughlin, coach of the Super Bowl champion New York Giants, and how he had to change from his reputation of an “autocratic tyrant” in order for the team to ultimately succeed. What does this have to do with governance? When you think of governance, what comes to mind? My suspicion is that for most people, it’s not a positive image. At its extreme worst, I’ve heard many people describe governance as a slow, painful process that requires investing significant time preparing for a review by people who are out of touch with what a project is trying to do that ultimately results in the reviewers flaunting authority, the project team taking their lumps, and then everybody goes back to doing what they were doing with no real change in behavior other than increased animosity in the organization.
Preventing SOA Failures. Here is a slide show for those who need to explain to upper management the risks involved trying to implement SOA and the importance of SOA governance.
This must be sold early on and the necessary resources must be brought in. Trying to implement governance after implementation is risky, expensive, and hard to do. Should we continue to invest in EA?