Which of the following statements is false?

Question

Options

• AThe governance burden of services is not impacted by the SOA project delivery approach.
• BThe bottom-up approach to SOA project delivery results in less up-front impact, but will usually
• CAlternative approaches exist that provide a compromise between bottom-up and top-down SOA project
• DUp-front analysis as part of a top-down SOA project delivery approach helps reduce the eventual

• A
  80% (32)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  13% (5)
• D
  5% (2)

Explanation

Option A is false because the SOA project delivery approach directly impacts governance burden. Top-down approaches establish governance structures early, while bottom-up approaches often result in fragmented services that create heavier governance overhead over time - so the two are inseparably linked.

Why the distractors are true (and thus not the answer):

• B is true: bottom-up SOA requires less up-front investment but typically accumulates governance debt and integration complexity later.
• C is true: hybrid approaches (sometimes called "meet-in-the-middle") do exist and are widely used to balance the trade-offs of both extremes.
• D is true: top-down analysis identifies service boundaries and standards early, which genuinely reduces long-term governance friction.

Memory tip: Think of governance like technical debt - the less planning you do upfront (bottom-up), the more governance burden piles up later. Any approach that changes how much upfront work you do must affect governance. So a statement claiming delivery approach has no impact on governance is a red flag.

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