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Create a Governance
Model
Process
Model
Define Policies
Defined
Policies
Information
Model
Design Policies
Policy
Designs
Service
Model
Implement Policies
Runtime
Governance
Figure 8.1 The process of creating a governance model involves taking the process,
information, and service model built in the previous chapters, then defining,
designing, and implementing policies to support governance for cloud computing.
Runtime service governance is the process of enforcing and implementing
those policies at service runtime. In essence, runtime service governance is
the process of creating policies for services and implementing them on a service
governance platform that monitors and controls the services while executing.
The importance of doing this in hybrid cloud computing/enterprise
architectures becomes obvious as you complete this chapter.
The objective of this chapter is to continue to define our approach, this
time defining the process of creating the governance model (see Figure 8.1).
Keep in mind that there are entire books on governance as related to enterprise
architecture as well as on SOA governance. This chapter does not look
to replace those but to provide you with a rudimentary understanding of the
concepts and a basic plan for attacking governance as related to your cloud
computing efforts.