Aaron Blishen - Intelligent Pathways - Avoid Becoming a Statistic with Oracle SOA Governance

Oracle SOA governance

Aaron BlishenPrincipal Consultant

Avoid becoming a statistic with

Why are you here?

Because Oracle provides a free lunchBecause Oracle provides a free lunch11

Well yes but…

There are other reasons

You have tried SOA and its not workingYou have tried SOA and its not working22

Here come those SOA promises again…•Business and IT Agility

•High ROI and Measurable Business Value

•Reduced Development Costs

There are other reasons

You wont try SOA until you can govern itYou wont try SOA until you can govern it33

Governance is a must but how?•My organisation is so big we just have to have governance

•We have IT governance we just need to additionally govern services

•So many people say we need it but no-one is actually doing it

There are other reasons

SOA is working but we can do betterSOA is working but we can do better44

We need to be pragmatic about governance•We have processes in place but they are not improving quality

•Our composite application lifecycle is too long

•We are finding only minimal reuse of existing applications

Lets ask the audience…Why are you here?

1. Because Oracle provides a free lunch

2. You have tried SOA and its not working

3. You wont try SOA until you can govern it

4. SOA is working but we can do better

Do we need to define SOA governance?"SOA governance focuses on the decisions across the entire service lifecycle to enable organizations to realize the business benefits of SOA and mitigate the risks inherent in SOA adoption. Specifically, SOA Governance defines the principles, processes, and roles required to manage, use and update the SOA.”

Mahesh H. Dodani, IBM Software

Do we need to define SOA governance?"The processes that an enterprise puts in place to ensure that things are done ... in accordance with best practices, architectural principles, government regulations, laws, and other determining factors. SOA governance refers to the processes used to govern adoption and implementation of SOA."

Anne Thomas Manes, Burton Group

Do we need to define SOA governance?"The main objective of [SOA] governance is to achieve the benefits of a Service Oriented Architecture by fostering the creation of reusable, enterprise class services."

Jean-Jacques Dubray, InfoQ

Do we need to define SOA governance?•No. We could do this all day

•Everyone has a slightly different take on what it is

•Focus on our experience and the desired outcomes

What will you take away from this session? Us sharing our experience on

•Organisational capability and maturity

•Key leverage points for governance

•Service lifecycle and provisioning

•Technology that can help along the way

Spot Quiz…What is Level 4 in the SOA Maturity Model?

1. Marketable

2. Maintainable

3. Measured

4. Mystical

And The Winner Is…

Service Lifecycle Design Time

Run Time

Service Provisioning

RepositoryRepository RegistryRegistry Service BusService Bus

Plan Specify

Develop PublishCertify Version Deploy

MonitorConsumeDiscover

Registry/Repository

Oracle Service Registry

Oracle Enterprise Repository

Technology can help us

Policy Management

Oracle Web Services Manager

Technology can help us

Operational Monitoring

Oracle SOA Management Pack

Technology can help us

Spot Quiz…What is the most challenging problem faced in Service Provisioning?

1. Standardising the specification of a service?

2. Creating enforceable policies for a service?

3. Providing multiple implementations of a service?

4. Managing changes to the capabilities of a service?

And The Winner Is…

Questions?

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