Applications Technology Layer

Three elements of Applications Technology governance are discussed here and the remainder of the technology stack is covered later in the “Platform Layer” section. The three sections discussed here are most closely related to the functional features of the application, influencing (governing) directly how they operate and what information they have available.

SOA Governance

SOA governance is a relatively new topic introduced as a result of general confusion and failure to design, build, and implement effective SOA-based enterprise applications. With the flexibility and power of Business Process Modeling, together with the open and independent nature of Web Services, many organizations struggled to build consistent and well-architected, large-scale integrated applications. As such, a set of recommended practices was established to make sure SOA projects limit complexity by following clear standards and good practices. This is implemented through the use of sets of enforceable SOA governance policies. Clearly, with Fusion Applications being a prepackaged application, SOA governance has already been applied, but....