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Applied SOA: Transforming Fundamental Principles Into Best Practices
4 April 2007
 
Yefim V. Natis  

Service-oriented architecture enhances business agility by making enterprises' information services and business processes more effective and flexible, and the IT organization more responsive and agile. We examine SOA, its business context and common use cases and discuss successful deployment.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Introduction
2.0
    
 SOA — The Definition in a Business Context

2.1
    
 How Do I Know SOA When I See It?
2.2
    
 What Happens Behind the Service Interface?

2.2.1
    
 New Services
2.2.2
    
 Wrapped Services
2.2.3
    
 Composite Services
2.3
    
 What Happens on the Wire Between the Client and Service Interface?
2.4
    
 Advanced SOA Encompasses Interactive and Event-Style Services
2.5
    
 SOA, EDA and the Evolution of Software Architecture Styles
2.6
    
 SOA Is Only One of Multiple Layers of Modularity

2.6.1
    
 Business Application Topology
2.6.2
    
 Leaping the Semantic Gap to SOA Modularity
2.7
    
 SOA Means Different Things to Different People
2.8
    
 SOA: From Disillusionment to Enlightenment
3.0
    
 Four Key Use Patterns for SOA in the Enterprise

3.1
    
 Use Pattern 1: Multichannel Applications
3.2
    
 SOA Use Pattern 2: Composite Applications
3.3
    
 SOA Use Pattern 3: Business Process Composition
3.4
    
 SOA Use Pattern 4: The Service-Oriented Enterprise
4.0
    
 Six Fundamentals of Successful SOA Deployment

4.1
    
 Instill SOA Discipline in Your Organization
4.2
    
 Plan Big, Start Small
4.3
    
 Invest in Integration Infrastructure
4.4
    
 Design Services Systematically
4.5
    
 Invest in Metadata Management
4.6
    
 Anticipate Obstacles; Don't Give Up
5.0
    
 Conclusions and Recommendations

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Interfaces Are Key to Service Design
 

Figure 2. 
 New, Wrapped and Composite Services
 

Figure 3. 
 Services Working Together With Events
 

Figure 4. 
 The Evolution of Software Architectural Styles
 

Figure 5. 
 The Semantic Gap Between Software and Business Function Modularity
 

Figure 6. 
 The Application Integration Hype Cycle
 

Figure 7. 
 Multichannel Applications: An Easy Fit for Services
 

Figure 8. 
 Composite Applications: Beyond Buy or Build — Compose
 

Figure 9. 
 Business Process Composition: People and Services in Interaction
 

Figure 10. 
 The Service-Oriented Enterprise: Systematic SOA Is About City Planning
 

Figure 11. 
 The Progression From Basic to Advanced SOA
 

Figure 12. 
 From Opportunistic to Federated Integration
 

Figure 13. 
 Three Dimensions of Service Normalization
 

Figure 14. 
 The Road to Advanced Metadata Management
 



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