Les compétences SOA dans l’IT

1. What types of skills are common in your IT staff?
2. What type of SOA training is available in your IT organization?

1. Do SOA governance processes exist, are they documented, and, if so, are they used for services at design time and run time?

1. How does IT governance relate to your SOA?
2. How is the IT governance related or aligned with the SOA, enterprise architecture, and the organization’s governance?

1. Is the interaction between organizations involved in the SOA process defined with clear roles and responsibilities?
2. What are the governance functionalities and responsibilities?

1. What is the relationship between the organization’s development team and the infrastructure team?
2. Do the organization’s SOA solutions cross organizational boundaries? Internally? Externally between business partners?

Silo
(Level 1)

Ad hoc LOB IT Strategy and Governance

A vision or strategy for the adoption of SOA does not exist. No recognition of the value of service governance and nonexistent IT-business governance processes.

Nonexistent cross organizational (LOB) coordination of services (SOA).

Minimal SOA training.

Integrated
(Level 2)

IT Trans-formation

A formal SOA strategy is evolving. Some cross-organizational coordination.

The value of service and SOA governance has been recognized but has not been holistically adopted by the enterprise.

Componentized
(Level 3)

Common SOA Governance Processes

A formalized SOA strategy exits between one or more organizations.

The value of service and SOA governance has been recognized but has not been holistically adopted by the enterprise.

SOA governance has been established but has not been adopted holistically by the enterprise.

SOA training and skills are present but limited to IT practitioners.

Shared services may be evolving and governed between one or more LOBs.

Services
(Level 4)

Emerging SOA Governance

A formal enterprise-wide SOA strategy and vision has been defined, published, and agreed by the business units across the organization.

A formal SOA governance process and structure has been documented and is functioning among most business units.

Training programs have been tailored for IT and business unit needs.

Composite Services
(Level 5)

SOA and IT Governance Alignment

The use of SOA and shared services are an accepted element of the organization’s strategy, business, and IT models.

SOA governance has been adopted across the enterprise by most organizations and is empowered to manage SOA services and solutions.

Virtualized Services
(Level 6)

SOA and IT Infrastructure Governance Alignment

SOA governance is part of the organizational culture.

The organization treats SOA services as enterprise assets.

The organization has well-defined SOA metrics and performance indicators.

Dynamically Re-Configurable Services
(Level 7)

Governance Implemented using Automated Policies

Services are modeled and managed as elements of the evolving business strategy.

Service metrics are automatically gathered and input to key business decisions.