Remember that the point of governance is to encourage proper behavior. Monitor how your SOA efforts are working -- or not. John adds, "The desirable behaviors that need to be encouraged in an SOA implementation may conflict with the existing mechanisms in place as part of IT governance. The mechanisms that are in place for the management of IT need to be extended and modified to account for SOA." When you find resistance to the SOA goals you've set, modify the process. Governance that monitors its effects and evolves is the only kind that will ultimately succeed.