Achieving Service-Oriented Architecture: Applying an Enterprise Architecture Approach -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Who Should Read This Book? -- SOA Adoption Has Been Slow -- The Business Is Already Involved in Architecture -- It Just Does Not Know It -- Pragmatism Is Also Important -- SOA Is the Way -- Not an Introduction to Enterprise Architecture or Service-Oriented Architecture -- SOA Is Here to Stay -- Architects Need to Be Proactive -- What You Will Learn in This Book -- How This Book Is Organized -- Closing Remarks -- About the Web Site -- Part I: Value of Enterprise Architecture and SOA -- Chapter 1: What Is an Architecture Practice, and Why Do You Need One? -- Business Organizations and Departments Do Not Operate as Isolated Islands -- Looking at the Past to Understand the Future -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Why Is a Service-Oriented Architecture So Valuable? -- Where Does SOA Fit In? -- How Has Technology Been Evolving and Advancing to Solve These Problems? -- Where Do We Need to Focus Today? -- How Do We Express the SOA Value from a Business Perspective? -- Value of SOA from a Financial Perspective -- Summary -- Chapter 3: A New Architecture for a New World -- This Is Not Your Grandfather's World -- What Are Business Applications, and What Is Wrong with Them? -- Summary -- Chapter 4: SOA and Channels -- Value of Channels -- Traditional (Non-SOA) Approach to Channels -- Intermediary Channels -- SOA Security Framework for Channels -- Architecture for SOA Channels and Their Security Frameworks -- Value-Added Extensions to an Enterprise Security Framework -- Channel Governance -- Summary -- Part II: Architecture Framework and Methodology -- Chapter 5: Service-Oriented Architecture Enterprise Architecture Framework and Methodology -- SOA Enterprise Architecture Framework -- Overview of the SOA~EAF Methodology -- Summary.

Notes -- Chapter 6: Incorporating Existing Enterprise Architecture Documents and Artifacts into the SOA~EAF -- Relationship of the SOA Enterprise Architecture Framework to Other EA Frameworks -- Value of Mapped EA Artifacts -- Incorporating Zachman Framework Artifacts into the SOA~EAF -- General Approach for Integrating and Leveraging EA Artifacts into the SOA~EAF -- Summary -- Part III: The SOA~EAF Methodology Processes and Considerations -- Chapter 7: Dealing with Purchased or Leased Business Applications -- A Future Vision of Vendor Participation in SOA -- Adopting SOA Partnerships with Vendors Supplying Leased or Purchased Business Applications -- Special Considerations when Business Applications Are Hosted or Located in Multiple Data Centers -- Performance Techniques for SOA -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Transforming Governance to Support SOA -- Enterprise SOA Portfolio Plan and the Release Approach to Application Delivery -- Managing the Impact on Architecture Resources -- Five Levels of SOA Governance -- Summary -- Chapter 9: SOA System Development Life Cycle -- Paradigm Shift of IT Development Resources, Processes, and Practices to Support SOA -- Phases of the SOA System Development Life Cycle -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Capacity Planning under SOA -- Layered Approach to Monitoring and Managing a Distributed SOA Architecture -- SOA Initiative Capacity and Performance Assessment Process -- Proactive Planning for SOA -- Capacity and Performance Planning for Releases -- Application-Level Monitoring in Production -- Summary -- Chapter 11: People Involved in the SOA Process -- Architecture Resource Requirements for SOA -- Development Resources -- Test and Quality Assurance Resources -- Project Management Resources -- Initiative Business Resources -- Release Management Resources -- Production Readiness Resources -- Production Support Resources.

Governance Business Resources -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Leveraging SOA to Decommission, Replace, or Modernize Legacy Business Applications -- SOA Architectural Approach to Legacy Applications -- Making Legacy Application Recommendations Based on the Business and Technical Assessments -- Legacy Application SOA Modernization and Replacement Solution Example -- Summary -- Part IV: Developing Your Plan for Achieving Service-Oriented Architecture -- Chapter 13: Implementing an Effective SOA Strategy under a Decentralized Business or IT Model -- Business and IT Organization Variations -- Summary of the Four Variation Quadrants of the Business and IT Models -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Assessing the Organization's SOA Maturity and Developing Your Company's SOA Business Strategy and Roadmap -- What Is the SOA Business Strategy and Roadmap? -- Framework for Assessing Maturity -- Piloting an SOA Initiative to Shake Out and Evaluate the Model -- Structure of the SOA Business Strategy and Roadmap -- Summary -- Appendix A: SOA~EAF Documentation Templates -- SOA Initiative Template -- I. Initiative Description -- II. Executive Overview -- III. Business Architecture -- IV. Technology Components -- V. Component Summary -- VI. Cost Breakdown and Delivery Time Frames -- VII. Detailed Business Justification and Return on Investment -- VIII. Architecture Value Proposition and Justification -- Legacy System Business Assessment Questionnaire -- Service-Oriented Architecture: Business Architecture Template -- Appendix B: Service Categories and Types -- Service Categories -- Business Domain Services -- Enterprise Framework Services -- Service Types -- Content and Document Services -- External Services -- Appendix C: SOA Security Development Framework -- Traditional versus SOA Approach to Security -- SOA Security Framework Requirements.

Enterprise SOA Security Framework Architecture -- Value-Added Extensions to an Enterprise Security Framework -- Summary -- Glossary -- About the Author -- Index.