Introduction to SOA Architecture



Audience
Designed for programmers, managers, project leaders, enterprise architects and other technical individuals that need to understand the SOA model.
   

Duration

 2 Days
   
Course Abstract
This course will provide each participant with a high-level understanding of the role that Service-Oriented Architecture in IT application development and deployment.. This course will focus on the current IT business challenges, emergence of Service infrastructure, components of the SOA model, Web services, Enterprise Service Bus, business process modeling, XML utilization (SOAP, WSDL, etc), concepts of SOAD, legacy application integration, development tools the role of BPEL and BPM, vendor product support, SOA governance risk and benefit issues and SOA best practices.

All aspects of this class will incorporate the specific case studies of successful implementation of SOA techniques.
   
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Objectives

Upon conclusion participants will have acquired these skills:

  • Understand SOA business challenges
  • Depict evolution and emergence of Service infrastructure
  • Define SOA components and individual roles
  • Understand the Enterprise Service Bus
  • Depict Web services in SOA environment
  • Define the role of SOAP and WSDL
  • Illustrate the concept of Business Process Modeling
  • Demonstrate the implementation of SOAD processes
  • Discuss the stages in SOAD methodology
  • Depict the integration of legacy systems into Service infrastructure
  • Understand the implementation of the Process Server
  • Define the role and interaction of the application server, MQSeries, Message Broker, ESB and Process Server
  • Compare ESB and Message Broker
  • Illustrate the transformation and mediation provided by the ESB
  • Depict the role of SOA governance and best practices
   
Class Format Lecture and Lab
   
Prerequisites

Each student should have a basic understanding of application development and design methodologies.
Course Topics

The following list represents the sections and topics discussed in this virtual instructor-led course offering.
 

Introduction to SOA

  • SOA business challenges
  • Service Oriented Architecture
    o UDDI Registry
    o Service Requestor
    o Web Service
  • B2C vs B2B
  • Defining XML
  • Defining SOAP
    o Architecture
    o Messages
  • Web Services Descriptive Language (WSDL)
    o Definition
    o Usage
  • Application Server
  • Enterprise Service Bus
  • Process Server
  • Message Broker
  • Business process modeling

Business Integration

  • Need for application integration
  • How SOA addresses integration
  • Using integration and IDE tools
  • Integration Components
    o Application Server
    o Process Server
    o Enterprise Service Bus
  • Role of adapters
  • Use of business objects
  • Topology
    o Point-to-Point
    o Hub-to-Bus

Web Services Development

  • IDE Tool support
  • Web Services wizard
    o Deployment settings
    o Java to XML mappings
    o Binding Proxy generation
    o XML to Java mappings
    o SOAP Binding Mapping configuration
  • MQ enabled service
  • Generated files
    o Client
    o Proxy
  • Deployment

Integration Process Server

  • Overview
  • Deployment issues
  • Business event synchronization
  • Applications integration
  • Role-based Access
  • Business Object optimization
  • JMS usage
  • Interaction with EIS systems

Enterprise Service Bus

  • Overview of an ESB
  • Architecture pattern
  • Functions and abilities
  • Unify message oriented, event driven and service oriented processes
  • ESB and Message Broker integration
  • ESB vs. Message Broker
  • Delivery of information and services

Service Oriented Analysis & Design

  • Objectives
  • Introduction to SOAD
  • Applying SOAD Principles
    o Abstraction
    o Encapsulation
    o Application
    o Modularity
    o Hierarchy
  • Granularity concepts
  • Coupling
  • SOAD Methodology Steps
    o Stage 1-Process Modeling
    o Stage 2-Service Identification
    o Stage 3-Service Design & Implementation
    o Stage 4-Process Implementation

Business Process Modeling

  • Defining BPM
  • Benefits of BPM
  • BPM Workflow analysis
  • Process re-engineering
  • • Integrating SOA into BPM
    o Notation specification
    o Behavior modeling
    o Process activity sequencing
  • BPM lifecycle
  • Roles in BPM

SOA Governance

  • Challenges and Risks in SOA
  • Need for SOA Governance
  • SOA Governance Model
  • Roles
  • Address SOA Governance Challenges
    o Establishing decision rights for your SOA environment
    o Defining appropriate services
    o Managing the lifecycle of service assets
    o Measuring effectiveness
  • Realization of SOA benefits
  • Business risk mitigation
Enterprise Service Bus
  • Architecture pattern
  • Unify message oriented, event driven and service oriented processes
  • Optimize delivery of information and services
  • ESB Product integration
  • Interoperability with different platforms
Legacy Adapters
  • J2EE JCA
  • Resource adapters roles
  • Mainframe adapters
    o CICS
    o IMS
    o VSAM
  • Technology adapters
    o JDBC
    o COM
    o EJB
    o Exchange
    o XML
    o Mapping business objects
    o Business object extraction via adapters