Presenter

Heather Kreger, Lead Architect SOA Standards, IBM, US

Heather Kreger is IBM’s lead architect for SOA Standards in Software Group with 15 years of standards experience. She has led the development of standards for Web services, Management and Java in W3C, OASIS, DMTF, and The Open Group.

Heather is the author of numerous articles, specifications, and “Java and JMX, Building Manageable Systems” book.

Presentation

Tutorial: SOA Governance

This is the second of the series of tutorials on SOA prepared by The Open Group's SOA Work Group. It builds on the first tutorial "The Impact of SOA on Business." It explains the recently-published Open Group SOA Governance Framework, and covers:

• What SOA governance is,
• How it relates to other governance structures in the business, and
• What high-level governance structures and procedures need to be put into place.

This tutorial is designed for Business Executives, Business Managers, Business Strategists, Business Consultants, Business Analysts, Business Process Engineers, System Analysts, Enterprise Architects, IT Directors, IT Strategists, IT Operations Managers, IT Architects, IT Project Managers, System Designers, Software Architects, Software Engineers, and System Administrators.

The SOA conference stream will include a further tutorial from the series, which builds on this one: SOA Architecture.