WA1549 SOA Best Practices for Business Training and Courseware (Coming Soon)

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a popular and innovative approach to Enterprise Application Integration (EAI). It is process-centric, leveraging Business Process Management (BPM) techniques, and inundated with standards and strategies, necessitating formal governance. With so many facets to SOA, and the break-neck pace of the industry, it is no wonder that organizations are in need of solid best practices guidance.

This course addresses best practices, design patterns, and recommendations tailored to the business side of SOA. For information on our Best Practices course for the technical side of SOA, check out WA1560.

The course offers practical knowledge regarding the right and wrong way to adopt SOA within an organization. Teams that are relatively new to SOA will learn valuable knowledge and skills regarding how to implement SOA right the first time. Experienced SOA teams will extend their understanding of SOA and gain insight into advanced concepts and strategies.

• How mature is SOA and the supporting SOA standards?
• What governance model is right for my organization?
• How can SOA governance be correctly implemented to successfully manage the service oriented landscape?
• What guidelines should be used for determining the granularity of processes and services within a SOA?
• Where are the high risk points within the SOA service lifecycle and what strategies are available to mitigate these risks?
• How can an effective and comprehensive SOA testing strategy be implemented?

After completing this course, the student should be able to:

• Understand the state of SOA, SOA standards, tool support, and vendor support.
• Describe the various layers within SOA, their relative importance, and how to best leverage these layers within the enterprise.
• Identity the various governance models, the pros and cons, and how to select the best governance model for an organization.
• Understand how to structure an effective SOA team comprised of modified job roles as well as new roles.
• Identify the risks inherent within the SOA lifecycle and the best practices for mitigating these risks.
• Articulate the value of BPM and process modeling and how to avoid common process pitfalls.
• Describe the challenges and solutions associated with SOA configuration management (versioning) and comprehensive service and process testing.
• On a day to day basis, recognize SOA business anti-patterns and steer individuals and teams toward successful patterns and best practices.

IT project managers, Business Analysts, IT managers, Line of Business Managers, Quality Assurance specialists, Configuration Management specialists, IT architects looking for a business-centric view of best practices.

A basic understanding of SOA and core concepts (WA1405). Individuals with experience in a real-world SOA environment will derive greater value from this course, but this experience is not required.