Survey Says... SOA Governance is Happening  Part of the SOA
Governance @ Work Series  Late last year, at an SOA-oriented IT
industry event held in Las Vegas, visitors to the BEA booth were
asked to fill out a short survey on how their respective
companies address SOA governance.  While thoroughly
unscientific, this informal survey offered a glimpse into:    •
What's happening with SOA Governance out in the real world,
and...   • What happens to the already horrible handwriting of
IT people when they are in a city that, by law, requires every
adult human to be within three feet of an alcoholic beverage at
all times.  Anyway, let's look at the data.  On the road to SOA
Governance  Question #1: At what stage is your SOA governance
program?    1. Planning/research:  64%   2. Up and running:  15%
3. Ready in 6 months:  14%   4. No plans for governance:  7%  No
real surprises here. More than 90% of the companies represented
in the survey are somewhere along the path the SOA governance.
But what's the deal with th