Even after engaging in years of SOA efforts, many companies still suffer from SOA governance problems including funding issues, process inefficiencies, and operational problems. Too many companies look to software to solve their SOA governance issues when SOA governance is more about people and process than technology. Join Perficient to examine the 10 steps to improved SOA governance: 1. Align SOA projects with business goals 2. Develop a collaborative organization for SOA governance 3. Define organizational roles and responsibilities 4. Establish the SOA lifecycle process and policies 5. Adjust your software development lifecycle for SOA 6. Define SOA foundational standards 7. Define run-time processes 8. Determine the role of technology in your governance processes 9. Establish SOA measurements and monitoring techniques 10. Evolve and improve SOA governance over time We will also take a pragmatic look at SOA governance to help you: • Understand SOA Governance best practices • Identify gaps in your SOA Governance processes • Define next steps to improve SOA Governance

1. 10 Steps to Simplify SOA Governance February 29, 2012

3. About Perficient Perficient is a leading information technology consulting firm serving clients throughout North America. We help clients implement business-driven technology solutions that integrate business processes, improve worker productivity, increase customer loyalty and create a more agile enterprise to better respond to new business opportunities.

15. Business Alignment Case Study

17. Governance People, Process, Technology CMDB Plan Lifecycle Roles Disciplines Tools Portfolio Management Visual Modeling Repository Registry Projects & Assets Versioned Source Business Processes & Rules BPM Metrics & History ESB BPM Source Control SOA Management Policy Audit SLA XSD Authoring App Server Registry Release Management Lifecycle Management Policy Management SOA Contract Management Portfolio Mgt Support & Infrastructure SOA Steering Committee Competency Center Enterprise Architecture Business Leaders Application Development Quality Assurance Administration & Operations Specify Provision Orchestrate Test Deploy Run IT Steering Committee Test Tools

20. Step 4: SOA Lifecycle Process and Policies Reference: SOA for Profit

21. Lifecycle Case Study – Trouble Spots

23. Step 5: SDLC Adjustments Add a very simple SOA deliverable templates early and gates to trigger the SOA lifecycle * Note: The Feasibility Phase Project Architecture has a section for conceptual architecture Service Requirements Business Services In Feasibility Architecture* Service Certification

24. Step 5: SDLC Adjustments Add a very simple SOA deliverables to the Agile approach Business Service Solution Architecture Service Design Test Cases

34. Case Study – Measures / Maturity Models

36. Case Study – SOA Program Iterations 1.1 Business Service Specification Analysis Ready for Design Activity Deliverable Milestone Ready for Testing Program Foundation Pilot (GetProvider) Ready for Deployment Business Process Model Non-Functional Requirements Design Architecture Design (Service) Detail Design Construction Test Implementation Technical Architecture Program Management Operations Future State Architecture Standards Templates Support Process Processes Communications Architecture Audit, Logging , & Exception Handling Security Standards Design Patterns Design Operations Repository SLA QA Service Testing Strategy Operations SLA Program Management SLA Prototype 1.2 1.3 Data Virtualization

37. A Path to SOA Maturity SOA is an incremental journey