Monday, January 8, 2007

SOA Book Review

I'm back - after a few weeks and the Holidays.

I am currently in the midst of reading the book : "SOA: A Planning and Implementation Guide for Business and Technology” by Eric A. Marks and Michael Bell . Touted as one of the current best reads for SOA.

Some of the noteworthy items so far:

The section on Governance is very comprehensive. The authors propose a new a Four-Tiered SOA Governance Model that includes Strategic Governance, SOA Operating Model Governance, SOA Lifecycle Governance and SOA Enabling Tools and Technology.

Good discussion on a key topic for SOA - Services Identification - how to find out which parts of an application to convert to a "Service" , where to begin an SOA ? The authors propose a combination of top-down and bottom-up modelling done iteratively for the best results. They recommend the selection of Candidate Business Services - ideal candidates to begin your SOA implementation with.

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