Information technology -- SOA Governance Framework

ISO/IEC 17998:2012 describes a framework that provides context and definitions to enable organizations to understand and deploy service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance.

ISO/IEC 17998:2012 defines:

SOA Governance, including its relationship between Business, IT, and EA governance; this assists organizations in understanding the impact that the introduction of SOA into an organization has on governance;
an SOA Governance Reference Model (SGRM) and its constituent parts, which assists organizations in specifying their appropriate governance regimes; and capturing best practice as a basis for a common approach;
the SOA Governance Vitality Method (SGVM) which assists organizations in customizing the SGRM and realizing their SOA Governance Regimen.

ISO/IEC 17998:2012 is not intended to be used as provided; it is intended to be customized to create appropriate SOA governance for the organization. Many of the lists are non-normative and exemplary and intended to be filtered and as input to the customization process.

ISO/IEC 17998:2012 does not include an explanation of the fundamentals and value of SOA, which is important for being able to understand and apply SOA governanc