Process-Driven SOA：Patterns for Aligning Business and IT

Process-Driven SOA: Patterns for Aligning Business and IT supplies detailed guidance on how to design and build software architectures that follow the principles of business-IT alignment. It illustrates the design process using proven patterns that address complex business/technical scenarios, where integrated concepts of service-oriented architecture (SOA), Business Process Management (BPM), and Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) are required.
The book demonstrates that SOA is not limited to technical issues but instead, is a holistic challenge where aspects of SOA, EDA, and BPM must be addressed together. An ideal guide for SOA solution architects, designers, developers, managers, and students about to enter the field, the book:


Provides an accessible introduction to basic and more advanced concepts in process-driven SOA
Illustrates how to manage the complexities of business aligned IT architectures with detailed examples and industry cases
Outlines a step-by-step design process using proven patterns to address complex business/ technical scenarios
Integrates SOA, BPM, and EDA into practical patterns promoting SOA 2.0

Describing how to synchronize parallel enterprise processes, the authors explain how to cope with the architectural and design decisions you are likely to encounter when designing and implementing process-driven SOA systems. The decisions are described in the form of software patterns to provide you with a practical guideline for addressing key problems using time-tested solutions.

Carsten Hentrich, Ph.D., is chief technologist at Infosys Germany with a focus on innovative solutions for the German market in the area of remote services, business platforms, e-commerce, and cloud computing. He was director of the IT (Information Technology) Architecture and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) competency groups for Financial Services at CSC Germany. Carsten has a strong background as an IT architect and gathered practical experience in SOA (service-oriented architecture), Business Process Management (BPM), and Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) from his prior career at CSC, IBM, and EDS and has been working in advisory roles for clients from different industries. He has published technical articles in renowned journals such as those of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and speaks at international conferences. Apart from technical topics, Carsten has a passion for innovative leadership and management approaches, which he has demonstrated in successful pioneering implementations, as a speaker at the Academy of Management, and in a publication in the Harvard Business Review. He holds a PhD in business information management from Westminster Business School in London, an MSc (Dist) in software engineering from Oxford University, and a BSc (Hons) in computer science from the University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Dr. Uwe Zdun is a professor of software architecture at the University of Vienna. Before that, he worked as an assistant professor at the Vienna University of Technology and the Vienna University of Economics. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Essen in 2002. His research focuses on architectural decision, software patterns, modeling of complex software systems, service-oriented systems, event-driven architecture, domain-specific languages, and model-driven development.
Uwe has published more than 120 articles in journals, workshops, and conferences and is coauthor of the books Remoting Patterns—Foundations of Enterprise, Internet, and Realtime Distributed Object Middleware (Wiley) and Software-Architektur (Elsevier/Spektrum). He has participated in research and development projects such as INDENICA, COMPAS, S-CUBE, TPMHP, Infinica, SCG, and Sembiz. He is European editor of the journal Transactions on Pattern Languages of Programming (TPLoP), published by Springer, and associate editor-in-chief for design and architecture for the IEEE Software magazine.

IntroductionWhat This Book Is AboutTarget AudienceSoftware PatternsPattern Form and Pattern Chapter StructureStructure and Overview of this BookGuide to the ReaderService-Oriented Architecture: A Business PerspectiveBusiness Agility as a Driving ForceBusiness Process ModelingBusiness Process Modeling versus SOA ModelingBusiness Process Orientation in Business Information SystemsExtracting Business Processes from ApplicationsProcess-Aware Information SystemsThe Business Impact of Process-Driven SOA
Service-Oriented Architecture: A Technical PerspectiveIntroductionThe Infamous SOA TriangleFrom Interface Descriptions to Service ContractsService ContractsSOA LayersAdaptation in the Remoting LayerCommunication Protocol AdaptationMessage-Processing AdaptationService Provider AdaptationService Client AdaptationSOA and Business Processes: Integrating Services and ProcessesEnterprise Service BusSOA and Event-Driven ArchitecturePattern Language Walk-Through: An Example from the Insurance BusinessClaims Management as a High-Level Business Domain ViewModeling the Claims Management Macroflow ProcessesBusiness Domain View of the Claims Notification ProcessBusiness Domain View of the Claim Reserve ProcessBusiness Domain View of the Triage-and-Assignment ProcessBusiness Domain View of the Claim Investigation ProcessBusiness Domain View of the Claim Negotiation ProcessModeling Claims Management Use Cases as MicroflowsClaims Data as a Central ResourceTechnical Architecture for Claims ManagementTechnical Claims Process Modeling and ImplementationTechnical Domain View of the Claim Notification ProcessTechnical Domain View of the Claim Reserve ProcessTechnical Domain View of the Triage-and-Assignment ProcessTechnical Domain View of the Claim Investigation ProcessTechnical Domain View of the Claim Negotiation ProcessTechnical Design of the Service InterfacesTechnical Design of Automatic Microflows and Service ComponentsUser Interface Implementation
Decomposing and Executing Business-Driven and Technical ProcessesIntroductionDomain/Technical ViewMacro-/MicroflowMacroflow EngineMicroflow EngineCase Study: Business Transformation of Telecom Order ManagementIntegration and Adaptation in Process-Driven SOAsIntroductionIntegration AdapterIntegration Adapter RepositoryConfigurable DispatcherProcess Integration ArchitectureCase Study: Java Implementation of Process-Based Business Services IntegrationAligning Business Goals and Service DesignProblems of Aligning Business Goals and Service DesignDesigning Business-Driven ServicesBusiness Object Integration: How to Deal with the Data?IntroductionBusiness Object ModelsSynchronization on Business ObjectsIntegrating External SystemsBusiness Object ReferenceBusiness Object PoolPrivate-Public Business ObjectService-Based Integration of External SystemsData Integration Issues in SOAsRestructuring the External System for Service-Based IntegrationIntegrated Business Object ModelData Transformation FlowCase Study: Business Object Integration in a Telecommunications SOA Project
Process Design: Mapping Domain Views to Technical ViewsIntroductionGeneric Process Control StructureProcess Interrupt TransitionActivity InterruptProcess-Based Error ManagementTimeout HandlerWaiting Activity　
Integrating Events into Process-Driven SOAsIntroductionEvent-Based ActivityEvent-Based Process InstanceEvent-Based Process SplitEvent DispatcherInvoking Services from ProcessesIntroductionSynchronous Service ActivityFire-and-Forget Service ActivityAsynchronous Result ServiceMultiple Asynchronous Results ServiceFire Event ActivityAsynchronous Subprocess ServiceCondition Deadline Service　
Synchronization of Processes Running in ParallelIntroductionRegister for ActionBundle Process AgentProcess Conductor
Appendix: Related and Referenced PatternsOverview of Related PatternsThumbnails of Referenced PatternsReferencesIndex