Introduction to SOA

Overview

In this one day course students are introduced to Service Oriented Architecture, its terminology, concepts, motivation, benefits, pitfalls and techniques. It provides a solid grounding in the terminology, concepts behind SOA, and moreover, practical guidance taken from real-world experience is also embedded within the course, so that students understand the practical consequences of implementing an SOA within an organization. This course is suitable for all backgrounds, from C-level executives down to Analysts and Developers. Although there is some technical content around Web Services, the course focus is squarely on design and conceptual aspects, including the important and often neglected topic of SOA governance.

Audience:

Everyone (Managers, executives, project leads, technical staff)

Prerequisites

None

Course duration

1 day

Course outline

1. Introduction

Agenda

Goals

Expectations

2. SOA Overview

SOA Design Principles
Strategic goals of SOA
SOA Triangle of Truth
The Case for SOA

3. Designing SOA

Service design
Web service design
Business process design
Designing the business data
SOA architectural layers
Design Approaches
SOA run-time architecture

4. The ROI of SOA

Introduction
Reducing Integration Expense
Increasing Asset Reuse
Increasing Business Agility
Reducing Business Risk and Exposure

5. The ESB

Introduction to the ESB
Run-time Functionality
Implementation aspects

6. SOA Challenges and Pitfalls

Introduction
Technical challenges
Human challenges
Common adoption pitfalls
Common design mistakes
Common implementation mistakes

7. SOA Governance

The Need for SOA Governance
IT Governance
SOA Governance

8. Products for SOA

Run-time products
Design-time tooling