Front cover -- Contents -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Part 1 Solution Designer fundamentals -- Chapter 1. Start here for Solution Designer On Demand Business certification -- 1.1 The IBM Certified for On Demand Business Initiative -- 1.1.1 Target audience and value proposition -- 1.1.2 Solution Advisor -- 1.1.3 Solution Designer -- 1.2 Solution Designer Certification Test: objectives -- 1.3 Solution Designer Certification: sample test questions -- 1.3.1 Sample Test 817 questions -- 1.3.2 Answer key -- Chapter 2. What Solution Designers should know about IBM's offering for On Demand Business -- 2.1 IBM's definition of On Demand Business -- 2.2 How On Demand Business differs from e-business -- 2.3 How becoming on demand changes a business -- 2.4 Who is using On Demand Business today? -- 2.5 Where does a business start in becoming an On Demand Business? -- 2.6 What is business transformation? -- 2.7 What is the On Demand Operating Environment (ODOE)? -- 2.7.1 On Demand Operating Environment capabilities -- 2.7.2 On Demand Operating Environment principles -- 2.8 IBM techniques for getting started with On Demand Business -- 2.9 An evolutionary initiative -- Chapter 3. The Solution Designer's role -- 3.1 An Overview of the Solution Designer Role -- 3.2 Gather and evaluate client business requirements -- 3.2.1 Determine what business goals the client is trying to achieve -- 3.2.2 Identify information that needs to be gathered to understand the business requirements -- 3.2.3 Identify critical design factors (for example, extensibility, manageability, scalability, and availability) -- 3.2.4 Identify client's budget/time/resource constraints -- 3.2.5 Identify client's long-term objectives/strategies -- 3.2.6 Identify client's business rules and policies.

3.3 Identify and document current processes and infrastructure related to the business requirements -- 3.3.1 Identify the critical as-is and desired processes and determine the gaps -- 3.3.2 Determine the potential impact of existing processes and infrastructure on possible solution design -- 3.3.3 Determine the appropriateness of an On Demand Business solution based on client requirements, processes, and infrastructure -- 3.3.4 Verify and document the existing infrastructure -- 3.4 Design an On Demand Business solution -- 3.4.1 Follow industry-accepted principles for solution design (best practices, methodologies, and architectural approaches) -- 3.4.2 Evaluate and select patterns based on client requirements -- 3.4.3 Identify and evaluate solution options to finalize an approach -- 3.4.4 Assemble components into a functional On Demand Business solution based on business requirements -- 3.4.5 Identify and evaluate solution options -- 3.4.6 Incorporate ease-of-use requirements into the solution design -- 3.4.7 Create a projection of the ROI/TCO of the solution -- 3.5 Validate the On Demand Business solution design -- 3.5.1 Validate that the solution design meets the functional requirements -- 3.5.2 Validate that the design meets the non-functional requirements -- 3.5.3 Validate that the solution design meets the quality of service and Service Level Agreements -- 3.5.4 Validate that the design functions within the client's infrastructure -- 3.5.5 Validate that the design functions within the client's business processes -- 3.5.6 Validate that the solution moves the client further along the On Demand Business continuum -- 3.5.7 Validate that the solution design meets the client's long-term requirements -- 3.5.8 Participate in a Solution Assurance Review -- 3.6 Present the solution to the client -- 3.6.1 Tailor the presentation to the client audience.

3.6.2 Use appropriate delivery methods to present the solution -- 3.6.3 Provide design-related evidence for the ROI and TCO of the solution -- 3.6.4 Address client feedback regarding the design -- 3.7 Assist the project management team with implementation and deployment -- 3.7.1 Engage relevant services/resources to deploy the solution -- 3.7.2 Provide guidance on project calls or meetings -- 3.7.3 Provide input into the cost, time, and resource estimates -- Part 2 On Demand Business basics -- Chapter 4. Business transformation -- 4.1 Business transformation -- 4.2 Transformation approaches -- 4.2.1 The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) -- 4.2.2 Business Process Modeling -- 4.2.3 Service-oriented Modeling Method and Architecture (SOMA) -- 4.2.4 Unified Modeling Language (UML) -- 4.2.5 Application and process integration -- 4.3 Business Process Management (BPM) -- Chapter 5. Business driven development -- 5.1 A definition of business driven development -- 5.2 Rational Unified Process (RUP) -- 5.3 Life cycle of an On Demand Business service -- 5.3.1 Conceive and modify business idea -- 5.3.2 Define model -- 5.3.3 Implement model -- 5.3.4 Acquire and map to infrastructure -- 5.3.5 Monitor and react -- Chapter 6. On Demand Operating Environment: integration capabilities -- 6.1 Integration -- 6.1.1 Business modeling -- 6.1.2 Process transformation -- 6.1.3 Application and information integration -- 6.1.4 Access and collaboration -- 6.1.5 Business Process Management -- 6.2 Integration architecture/technologies -- 6.2.1 Service-oriented architecture (SOA) -- 6.2.2 Connected Information (CI) -- 6.2.3 Workplace -- Chapter 7. On Demand Operating Environment: the infrastructure management capabilities -- 7.1 Infrastructure management -- 7.2 Automation -- 7.2.1 Availability (business resilience) -- 7.2.2 Security -- 7.2.3 Optimization.

7.2.4 Provisioning -- 7.2.5 Orchestration -- 7.2.6 Business service management -- 7.3 Virtualization -- 7.3.1 Resource virtualization -- 7.3.2 Grid computing and On Demand Business -- 7.3.3 Utility computing -- 7.4 Autonomic computing -- Chapter 8. On Demand Operating Environment: architectural elements -- 8.1 Overview of ODOE architecture and services -- 8.2 Application services -- 8.3 Business -- 8.4 Business function services -- 8.5 Business performance management services -- 8.6 Business process choreography services -- 8.7 Business services -- 8.8 Common services -- 8.9 Development services -- 8.10 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) -- 8.11 Information management services -- 8.11.1 Infrastructure services -- 8.12 Resource virtualization services -- 8.13 Service-level automation and orchestration services -- 8.14 User -- 8.15 User access services -- 8.16 User interaction services -- 8.17 Utility business services -- Chapter 9. Security in an On Demand Business -- 9.1 On Demand Business and security -- 9.1.1 The role of security in an On Demand Business environment -- 9.1.2 IT Security fundamentals -- 9.1.3 Client pain points -- 9.1.4 On Demand Operating Environment client goals -- 9.1.5 Identify pains -- 9.1.6 On Demand Business security models -- 9.2 Standards and products -- 9.2.1 On Demand Business security reference architecture -- 9.2.2 IBM's identity management offerings -- 9.3 Federation for interoperable business identities -- 9.3.1 Federated Identity Management standards -- 9.4 Web services security -- 9.4.1 Business drivers -- 9.4.2 Web services security specifications -- 9.4.3 WS-Federation -- 9.4.4 Web Services Security Architecture -- Chapter 10. IBM techniques for On Demand Business -- 10.1 IBM techniques for On Demand Business -- 10.1.1 Component Business Model -- 10.1.2 Component Infrastructure Roadmap.

10.1.3 Component Business Model for the Business of IT -- 10.1.4 Services Oriented Modeling and Architecture (SOMA) -- Part 3 On Demand Business solutions and examples -- Chapter 11. On Demand Business solutions -- 11.1 IBM On Demand Business and top client priorities -- 11.2 IBM On Demand Business solutions offerings portfolio structure -- 11.3 Architectural considerations for On Demand Business solutions -- 11.3.1 On Demand Business: approaches and solutions -- 11.3.2 IBM entities with ODOE selection projects -- 11.3.3 Starting points for On Demand Business -- 11.3.4 Relationships between IBM techniques for On Demand Business solutions -- 11.3.5 Focus: ODOE and CIR -- 11.3.6 CBM, CBM-BoIT, SOMA, and CIR combined -- 11.4 Business Solutions -- 11.5 Infrastructure Solutions -- 11.5.1 ODOE capabilities mapping on infrastructure initiatives -- 11.5.2 Infrastructure initiatives scenarios -- 11.6 How to implement an On Demand Operating Environment -- 11.6.1 Creating business flexibility -- 11.6.2 Managing the infrastructure -- 11.7 Virtualization engine as a solution building block / standardized bundle -- 11.7.1 Virtualization engine overview -- 11.7.2 Virtualization engine offerings -- 11.7.3 Storage virtualization -- Chapter 12. On Demand Business solution examples -- 12.1 Growth through innovation -- 12.1.1 Improving the client experience -- 12.1.2 Integrating the supply chain -- 12.1.3 Driving product differentiation -- 12.1.4 Driving organizational change and employee productivity -- 12.2 Productivity and IT Optimization -- 12.2.1 Increasing business flexibility -- 12.2.2 Leveraging information insights -- 12.2.3 Simplifying/optimizing the IT environment -- 12.2.4 Enhancing business resilience, security, and compliance -- Part 4 Solution design considerations and resources -- Chapter 13. On Demand Business solution design considerations.

13.1 Understand the client's business.