Download the new IBM Rational Method Composer plug-in for SOA Governance
Use this plug-in to identify appropriate best practices, merged with your existing IT processes, to provide proper governance of the capabilities introduced with SOA. The end result is a project plan to create your organization's unique governance framework.
SOA governance enables organizations to realize the full potential of SOA. It addresses issues that, if left unattended, may be inhibitors to gaining the flexibility and time-to-market benefits associated with SOA. These essential issues are:
Decision rights — who is empowered to make what decisions
Measurements and controls — how to determine if the goals are achieved
Based on our experience working with many early adopters of SOA, we have developed:
The IBM® SOA Governance lifecycle — a recommended strategy to develop, deploy, maintain, and enhance effective SOA governance. The output of this lifecycle is an SOA governance framework.
The IBM SOA Governance and Management Method — a clear, work breakdown structure for project planning. It includes detailed, step-by-step tasks and recommendations for each phase of the IBM SOA Governance lifecycle.
Now you can customize the IBM SOA Governance and Management Method to reflect your organization’s unique requirements using the new IBM Rational Method Composer plug-in for SOA Governance.
The methodology provided in this plug-in is extensive, covering the full SOA governance lifecycle and many of the key processes. Use this plug-in to identify appropriate best practices, merged with your existing IT processes, to provide proper governance of the capabilities introduced with SOA. The end result is a project plan to create your organization's unique SOA governance framework.
A Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is the basic structure that allows services to communicate with one another. With this type of IT framework, an enterprise can realize greater ROI on their application investments since they can reuse Web services and use them in an optimized and highly efficient manner. Learn more by visiting the New to SOA and Web services section of developerWorks.
SOA is a significant step forward in aligning information technology with business goals. It is of paramount importance that an enterprise that is strategizing around SOA needs an efficient governance mechanism. SOA governance is more than just providing governance for SOA efforts -- it is how IT governance should operate within an enterprise that has adopted SOA as its primary approach to enterprise architecture. Learn more in the developerWorks whitepaper "A case for SOA governance."
To learn more about IBM Rational Method Composer, visit the Rational Method Composer and RUP resource area on developerWorks Rational. You'll find technical documentation, how-to articles, education, downloads, product information, and more.
For a complete list of available plug-ins for Rational Method Composer, visit the RMC plug-ins page on developerWorks Rational.
