WA1574 SOA Testing Workshop Training and Courseware Course Outline

1. SOA Fundamentals

  • Objectives
  • Defining Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
  • Putting SOA in Context
  • SOA As an Alignment Strategy
  • The SOA Umbrella
  • What’s a Service?
  • Service Actors
  • Serving Up SOA
  • Business Process Management
  • BPM & Workflow
  • SOA Governance
  • SOA Governance Model
  • SOA Job Role Impact
  • Services Please!
  • SOA Re-Organization
  • What Makes a Good Design?
  • Is This a New Concept?
  • Service Orienting the Enterprise
  • Service Oriented Thinking
  • SOA Is Perfect…NOT!
  • Service Characteristics
  • When Do I Need a Service?
  • About Services in SOA
  • Contract-Driven Software
  • SOA Standards
  • Summary
 

2. Introduction to Web Services

  • Objectives
  • A Conceptual Look at Services
  • Defining Services
  • Service Communication Analogy
  • Three Key Service Questions
  • Connecting the Dots
  • SOA: Runtime Implementation
  • What Is a Web Service?
  • Enterprise Assets as Services
  • Typical Development Workflow
  • Advantages of Web Services
  • Web Service Business Models
  • Example: Internal System Integration
  • Example: Business Process Externalization
  • Binding via SOAP
  • SOAP in Protocol Stack
  • SOAP Structure
  • SOAP Message Architecture
  • Applying SOAP
  • Interface via WSDL
  • WSDL Structure
  • Applying WSDL
  • Locating a Service
  • UDDI Overview
  • UDDI Terminology
  • UDDI Structure
  • Applying UDDI
  • WS-I Overview
  • WS-I Deliverables
  • Summary
 

3. Layers of Services

  • Objectives
  • What Is Layering?
  • SOA Layers
  • Data Storage Layer
  • Application Logic Layer
  • Adapter Layer
  • Application Service Layer
  • Business Service Layer
  • Orchestration Layer
  • Aux: Data Service Layer
  • Aux: Security Service Layer
  • Layering Concepts
  • Layering Rules of Thumb
  • In Review
  • Summary
 

4. Introduction to SOA Testing

  • Objectives
  • Introduction
  • The SOA Components to Test
  • Parts of a Test Framework
  • Layered Component Testing
  • Testing the SOA Layers
  • Phased Testing
  • SOA Testing Challenges 1/3
  • SOA Testing Challenges 2/3
  • SOA Testing Challenges 3/3
  • SOA Testing Opportunities
  • Summary
 

5. Unit Testing SOA Components

  • Objectives
  • Introduction
  • Verification Scenarios
  • Unit Testing a Web Service
  • Other Types of Services
  • Unit Testing Guidance
  • Unit Testing SOA Components
  • More Details: Testing Data Maps
  • Data Map Test Guidance
  • More Details: Business Process
  • Unit Testing Business Process
  • Business Process Test Guidance
  • Human Workflow
  • Unit Test Human Interface
  • Human Interface Test Guidance
  • White Box Testing
  • Summary
 

6. Integration Test

  • Objectives
  • What is Integration Testing?
  • Types of Integration Tests
  • The Governance Aspect
  • Component Ownership 1/2
  • Component Ownership 2/2
  • Integration Testing Strategies
  • Incremental Strategies
  • Top-down Integration
  • Bottom-up Integration
  • Umbrella / Critical Path Integration
  • Setting Up a Service Integration Test System
  • Setting Up a Process Integration Test System
  • Creating a Script To Test a Service
  • Running a Test Case for a Service
  • Creating a Business Process Test Script
  • Running a Test Case for a Process
  • Summary
 

7. Non-Functional Testing

  • Introduction
  • Performance Testing
  • Security Testing
  • Web Service Attacks 1/4
  • Web Service Attacks 2/4
  • Web Service Attacks 3/4
  • Web Service Attacks 4/4
  • Interoperability Testing
  • WS-Interoperability
  • Interoperability Testing a Service
  • Interoperability Testing a Business Process
  • Common Interoperability Issues
  • Process State Persistence Testing
  • Process Versioning Testing
  • Summary
 

8. Scenario

  • Objectives
 

Appendix A. Introduction to WebSphere Integration Developer (WID) v6

  • Objectives
  • WebSphere Process Server v6
  • WebSphere Integration Developer (WID) v6
  • SCA Basics
  • Wiring Example
  • Key Features of WID
  • Perspectives, Views, and Editors
  • Creating Artifacts
  • Unit Testing Artifacts
  • Summary
 

Appendix B. SOA Value Proposition

  • Objectives
  • The SOA Value Proposition
  • Reducing Integration Expense
  • Integration Costs Illustration
  • Ripple effect of changes
  • The Value of SOA Layering
  • SOA Reduces Integration Costs
  • Increasing Asset Reuse
  • SOA Economics/ROI
  • Asset Reuse Illustration
  • Service Reuse v. Object Reuse
  • Increasing Business Agility
  • Business Agility Illustration
  • Traditional EAI Approach
  • Problems with Traditional EAI Approach
  • Change Flow Using Legacy Approach
  • SOA Agility
  • Build the Services
  • Build the Process
  • We Can Easily Change the Process
  • Reducing Business Risk
  • Risk reduction illustration
  • SOA Eases Compliance Risk
  • Other Advantages
  • Business Advantages
  • Hasn’t This Been Said Before?
  • ROI Quantification Hurdles
  • Real World SOA Example 1
  • Real World SOA Example 2
  • Real World SOA Example 3
  • Real World SOA Example 4
  • Summary