Questionnaire for institutions

1. Respondent background

1.1 Institition name
1.2 Department name
1.3a Respondent#1: Name and title
1.3b Respondent #2: Name and title
1.4 May we publish your name and institution on the survey results website?

1. Yes
2. No
   

2. SOA maturity of your organization

2.1 Can you describe the SOA matrurity of your organization using the terminology developed in the HP SOA capability model?

2.2 If you have nidicated a significant change in your maturity level, can you describe the projects that have done most to advance that maturity?

2.3 If there has been a significant change, can you identify the main drivers for that change?

• The need for enterprise integration of of back-end administrative systems (HR, Finance, Student)
• The need for better Master Data Management
• The need for greater agility
• The need to integrate learning technologies
• The de facto result of acquiring middleware bundled with other products
• Executive leadership (CIO or Enterprise Architecture)
• Other:
  

3. Industry (vertical) standards

3.1 PESC: Admissions application

• Used to receive applications
• Used for internal application integration
• There is an enterprise-wide commitment to the standard
• The standard is used as a guideline for design
  

3.2 PESC: Edcucational Test Scores

• Used to receive test scores from agencies
• Used for internal application integration
• There is an enterprise-wide commitment to the standard
  
• The standard is used as a guidleine for design
  3.3 If you have checked one or more items in 3.2, please list the tests (eg SAT, TOEFL, GRE etc)
  

3.4 PESC: High School Transcript

• Used to receive transcripts
• Used for internal application integration
• There is an enterprise-wide commitment to the standard
• The standard is used as a guideline for design
  

3.5 PESC: College transcript

• Used to receive transcripts
• Used to send transcripts
• Used for internal application integration
• There is an enterprise wide commitment to the standard
• The standard is used as a guideline for design
  

3.6 Kuali Student

• Is being used in a Kuali implementation
• Used in enterprise application integration
• There is an enterprise wide commitment to the standard
• The standard is used as a guideline for design
  

3.7 Kuali Identity Management

• Is being used in one or more Kuali implementations
• Is being used for application integration
• These is an enterprise wide commitment to the standard
• The standard is being used as a guideline for design
  

3.8 Do you use any of the following IMS standards (in any capacity)

• IMS: e-Portfolio
• IMS: LIS (Learning Infrastructure Services)
• IMS: LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability)
  

3.9 Please list any other industry (vertical) standards that do not appear in the lists above

4. SOA Governance

4.1 Does your organization include architectural reviews in its project methodology
1=None at all
5=Well established

4.2 Are the principles of SOA applied during architectural reviews?
1=None at all
5=Well established

4.3 Do you have processes for documenting and publishing service contracts?
1=None at all
5=Well established

4.4 Do you have a change management process for service contracts?
1=None at all
5=Well established
4.5 Is there a central (enterprise wide) repository for service contracts?

• Yes
• No
  4.6 Please add any additional information on the management of service contracts

4.7 Has SOA changed your IT governance? If so, how?

5 Data governance

Successful SOA depends on a clearly articulated ontology. Service endpoints need to understand the data contained in messages. Maturity around data architecture is a precondition for SOA maturity.

5.1 Do you have a conceptual enterprise data model?
1=None at all
5=A highly developed model

5.2 Do you have well documented logical data models?
1=None at all
5=A highly developed model

5.3 Do you have well documented physical data models?
1=None at all
5=A highly developed model

5.4 Have you developed governance structures around data?
1=None at all
5=Mature governance