SOA governance — and governance in general, for that matter — is really a people and process thing, with technology only coming into play to automate the processes and support the people, according to David Linthicum. “If you don’t establish that, you’re going to fail at SOA governance and thus fail at SOA, no matter how much technology you ‘invest’ in,” he explains in SOA governance: It’s not about technology. The best way to make governance succeed is to adequately educate both the people who enforce it and those who have to follow the policies. “Once you get the people issues solved, the supporting technology is a cake walk in comparison,” Linthicum adds. Technology Industry