In this chapter we described a case study based on a real live SOA Governance implementation as experienced by the authors. The chapter illustrated how the governance concepts described in Chapter 1, SOA Governance such as maturity assessments, reference architectures, SOA assets, and design-time and runtime Governance, were put into practice in order to successfully implement SOA Governance into an organization.

This chapter emphasized the importance of having the right level of sponsorship and buy-in from the business before embarking on a governance implementation. This was achieved up front, since without business sponsorship the benefits that SOA can bring to the table would have not been visible or achievable. Additionally, the chapter described how by presenting a business case with clear business benefits and objectives it was possible to qualitatively and quantitatively measure success. This in turn allowed the board of directors to understand the positive impact that IT and SOA can bring to business.

The chapter concluded by describing how the Oracle SOA Governance toolset was implemented alongside the company's existing Oracle SOA and technological landscape in order to deliver design-time and runtime Governance.

The chapters that follow will elaborate, in detail, how Oracle Enterprise Repository, Oracle Service Registry, Web Service Manager, and the SOA Management Pack are implemented in order to realize the benefits described previously.