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Reservation Pattern
I just saw an interesting post at Dr. Dobbs about the SOA Reservation Pattern at http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=SOA-Patterns—Reservation.html&Itemid=29. The basic idea is that there is a problem with the Compensating Transactions pattern (presented in the LZA Boot Camp course). Sometimes Compensations fail, leading to Very Bad Things. Instead, a two-phase approach should be taken whereby a service [...]
MDM – part of today’s session – Another perspective
We discussed today about MDM and SOA synergy. Found this paper very interesting where organizations struggle to find the implementation of MDM yet good investments are in progress. For the benefit of others – PSA : http://www.cio.com/article/372163/Master_Data_Management_Companies_Struggle_to_Find_the_Truth_in_Massive_Data_Flows?page=1 Cheers nanda
How to phase the Governance ?
A diagram depicting the ways by which we can iteratively phase the Governance initiatives. Cheers nanda SOAGovernancePhasing.png (404 KB)
SOA Vendor Stack Analyses
A more complete set of artifacts from a proposed SOA framework project.
Gartner SOA Research Tool
This research provides an overview of service-oriented architecture (SOA) and a summary of how it is being adopted by real-world companies. It helps IT managers and business analysts become familiar with the concept as it is applied, and it provides references to other Gartner research that drills down into specific SOA-related topics in more detail. [...]
Service Model example
Service model example. ServiceModelContribution1.pdf (189 KB)
Service Contract Template example
Contributed Service contract template document. ServiceContractContribution1.pdf (51 KB)
Non-Functional Requirements
A contributed artifact detailing the non-functional requirements for a SOA project. NonfunctionalRequirementsContribution.pdf (142 KB)
More SOA, Less Dogma
A while back, I made a few off-the-cuff posts on the Service-Orientated (yes, Orientated) Architecture Yahoo Group on the topic of ESBs, Vendor-Driven Architecture, and making sure architects are in charge of architecture. I’ve included a few snippets of those posts below. On the topic of vendors having too much say about an enterprise’s architecture: [...]
NCOIF: Industry Best Practices in Achieving Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Industry Best Practices in Achieving Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) A Report of the Net-Centric Operations Industry Forum (NCOIF) Data Sharing and Services Strategy Working Group April 22, 2005 Association for Enterprise Integration 2111 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 400 Arlington, Virginia 22201 http://www.afei.org/ NCOIF_IndustryBestPracticesforAchievingSOA_000.pdf Naval_SOA_Development_POAM_V2.pdf
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