The Open Group announced the creation of The SOA Governance Project, an effort that will investigate how enterprises can better control and facilitate the development of a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Driven by members of The Open Group's recently formed SOA Working Group, the new initiative will create a reference framework for SOA governance that can be used by organizations as they manage both new and ongoing SOA initiatives.
Key objectives of the project include: -- the development of a standard definition of SOA governance (and distinguishing it from traditional IT governance);
