Service life cycle governance

Peter Paul van de BeekSjors Wagenaar

Whitehorses B.V.

Overview – Service life cycle governance

● Service life cycle● Governance aspects● Examples

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IdeaDesign

Construct & Compose

Deploy

Operate & Manage

Retire

Service life cycle – Cradle to Grave

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Goal governance on service life cycle

● Building and using the right service in the right way● Clarify roles and responsabilities: Tasks, deliverables,

standaarden, tools, etc. per role● Enable re-use● Comply with SOA-principes and standards● Improve manageability● …

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First steps

1. Ownership– Responsability

2. Architectuur & Standards– Create, use, enhance, explain, maintain

3. Define used artefacts per fase– What is needed? / What artifacts deliver value?

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Approach / recommendation

● Use existing– People– Tools– Processes

Unless ….

● Use a “Service Repository”

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ToolsProcesses

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Example– Identify services

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As-isarchitecture

Project

Program, based on Roadmap

PSA

To-bearchitecture

Analysis as-is and to-be architecture

ServiceRepository

IdeeOntwerp

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elling

Deploy

Operatie &

Beheer

Pensioen

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PSA – Project Start Architecture

● Content:– Overview of changes to the as-is architectuur by the project– Architecture standards for the project– Architecture decisions by the project– Architecture deviations by the project

● Check and adjust during the project● Update the as-is architecture in service repository

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Example– Development process

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Operatie & Beheer

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Boards & teams

● Use existing boards/teams, like:– Business-IT Board– Architecture Board(s)– Program Steering Boards– Architecture team

● Possible teams (could be virtual):– SOA-governance team– Domain validatie teams– Integration team / Integration Competence Center

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Example–Integration Competence Center

● Centralise integration and it’s life cycle

● Team focussed on integration:– Solid architecture & standards– Focussed, clear development process– Powerful technology & tools– Specialists knowledge & skills

● Work with Lean principles “integration factory”

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Wrap - service life cycle governance

● Goal service life cycle governance● First steps implementing service life cycle governance● Examples:

– Service identification– Adapt the software development process– Integration team / Integration competence center

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