Service-Oriented Architecture: SOA Strategy, Methodology, and Technology

Aggressively being adopted by organizations in all markets, service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a framework enabling business process improvement for gaining competitive advantage. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): Strategy, Methodology, and Technology guides you through the challenges of deploying SOA. It demonstrates conclusively that strategy and methodology are the keys to implementing SOA and provides the methodology needed for SOA success. The book examines the role of both non-agile and agile project management techniques for deploying SOA. Its methodology applies frameworks of governance, communications, product realization, project management, architecture, data management, service management, human resource management and post implementation processes. Filled with case studies, the book shows the methodology in action. This reference benefits business managers, business analysts, and technology project managers who are serious about adopting SOA as a long-term strategy. It is also benefits those new to business process management, enterprise architecture, and information systems and need to understand SOA, its business drivers, and its methodology.

About the Authors

James P. Lawler, D.P.S., is an associate professor of information systems in the Ivan G. Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems at Pace University in New York City. He graduated with a doctorate in computing studies from Pace University.

His extensive experience of more than 30 years is in business information strategies in industry. Dr. Lawler is a published author on topics including customer relationship management (CRM), E-commerce, and Web services, and has been the principal author of an analysis of services strategy in 2004. This paper was awarded the best paper of the Information Systems Education Conference (ISECON) that year. More recently, he again achieved notice with the award for best paper of the INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) Conference in 2007. He presented a paper on Methodology for Educating Information Systems Students on the New Paradigm of Service-Oriented Architecture, which is based on generic principles of this book.

H. Howell-Barber is founder and president of HBiNK, LLC, in New York. She has extensive experience of more than 35 years in business process management and program and project management methodologies in industry. Ms. Barber has held directorships of technology in the financial services industry and is currently a consultant on business process management systems, customized service-oriented methodology, and services technologies and tools. She is a published author of analyses of services in 2004 and 2006. She graduated from Brooklyn College in New York.