Chapter
1.2.3.1 Messaging Technology
1.2.3.2 Gateways or Bridges to Transactions
1.2.3.3 Persistent Data Stores
1.2.3.4 Gateways or Bridges to Persistent Data Stores
1.2.3.5 Remote Procedure Calling (RPC) and Object Brokers
1.2.3.6 Application Servers
1.2.3.8 Fat Clients and Web Browsers
1.2.3.9 Screen Scrapers and Web Scrapers
1.2.3.10 Orchestration Engines
1.2.4 Combining Business Services
1.3.1 Customer Centric Economy
1.3.2 Trend Toward Virtual Enterprises
1.3.3 Pain of Mergers and Acquisitions
1.3.4 Avoiding Commoditization
1.4 FUTURE OF BSO AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
CHAPTER 2 Process of Orchestration
2.1.1 Orchestration Is Creating an Executable Process Model That Implements a New Business Service
2.1.2 Harmonization of Preexisting Business Services Is an Integral Part of Orchestration
2.1.3 Managing the Tempo of Business Services Through a Process Model Is Germane to Orchestration
2.2 ORCHESTRATION AS A PARADIGM
2.2.1 Differences from Application and Business-to-Business Integration Paradigms
2.2.1.1 Differences in Goals and Objectives
2.2.1.2 Differences in the Implementation Approach
2.2.2 Differences from the Service- or Component-Brokering (SCB) Paradigm
2.2.2.1 Differences in Goals and Objectives
2.2.2.2 Differences in the Implementation Approach
2.2.3 Differences from the Collaboration Paradigm
2.2.3.1 Differences in Goals and Objectives
2.2.3.2 Differences in Implementation Approach
2.2.4 Differences from the Process Reengineering Paradigm
2.2.4.1 Differences in Goals and Objectives
2.2.4.2 Differences in Implementation Approach
2.2.5 Differences from the Web Services Paradigm
2.2.5.1 Differences in Goals and Objectives
2.2.5.2 Differences in Implementation Approach
2.3 IMPACT OF ORCHESTRATION ON IT DISCIPLINES
2.3.1 Impact on IT Solutions Architecture
2.3.2 Impact on IT Solutions Design
2.3.3 Impact on IT Solutions Implementation
2.3.4 Impact on IT Solutions Project Management
2.4 IMPACT OF ORCHESTRATION ON BUSINESS
CHAPTER 3 The Hypertier of Information Technology
3.2.3.3 Message Confidentiality
3.2.3.4 Message Integrity
3.3.2 Web Application Servers
3.3.3 Packaging Protocols
3.3.5 Intelligent Business Objects
3.3.8 System/Infrastructure Services
3.3.8.1 Data Management Services
3.3.8.2 Discovery Services
3.3.8.3 Security Services
3.3.8.4 Communication Services
3.3.8.5 Orchestration Engine Services
3.3.8.6 Transformation Services
3.3.9 Management Services
3.3.9.2 Scalability Services
3.3.9.4 Deployment Services
3.3.10.1 Orchestration Deployment Tools
3.3.10.2 Service Management Tools
3.3.11.1 Process ModelingTools
3.3.11.2 Component Synthesis Tools
3.3.11.3 User Interface Composition Tools
3.3.11.5 Source Control/Version Management Tools
3.3.12 Testing Environment
3.3.12.1 Interactive Debugging
3.4 RECURSIVE COMPOSIBILITY
3.5 TRADING-PARTNER NETWORKS
CHAPTER 4 BSO Methodology: Orchestrating and Interpreting for Success
4.1.2 Managing Processes Through Functional Silos
4.1.3 Traits of Process-Driven Enterprises
4.1.4 BSO Methodology Outline
4.1.5 Advantages of the BSO Methodology
4.2 PHASE 0: PLAN PRIORITIES
4.2.1 Introduction to Phase 0
4.2.3 Activities for Phase 0
4.2.3.1 Validate and Clarify Strategy
4.2.3.2 Identify CSFs and CBIs
4.2.3.3 Identify and Prioritize Services
4.2.3.4 Develop Services Improvement Plan
4.3 PHASE 1: PLAN A PROJECT
4.3.1 Introduction to Phase 1
4.3.3 Activities for Phase 1
4.3.3.1 Select Specific Critical Service to Work on
4.3.3.2 Model Services Context
4.3.3.4 Identify Service Boundaries
4.3.3.5 Document Constraints and Assumptions
4.3.3.6 Establish Service Goals
4.3.3.7 Determine Time Lines and Commitments
4.3.3.8 Define Project Roles
4.3.3.9 Develop Project Plan
4.3.3.10 Orient Project Participants
4.3.4.3 Service Descriptions
4.3.4.4 Service Improvement Project Plan
4.4 PHASE 2: ANALYZE AND DESIGN
4.4.1 Introduction to Phase 2
4.4.3 Activities for Phase 2
4.4.3.2 Design and Approve Prototype
4.5.1 Introduction to Phase 3
4.5.3 Activities for Phase 3
4.5.3.1 Development Stage
4.5.3.3 Configuration Stage
4.5.3.5 Quality Assurance Stage
4.5.3.6 Outputs of Phase 3
4.6 PHASE 4: MANAGE CHANGE
4.6.1 Introduction to Phase 4
4.6.3 Activities for Phase 4
CHAPTER 5 Basic Applications and Data Services
5.2 APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMS
5.2.1 Capabilities of Application Development Platforms
5.2.1.1 Robustness and Scalability
5.2.1.2 Metadata Management
5.2.1.3 Database Connectivity
5.2.1.4 Distributed Transaction
5.2.1.7 Web Service Support
5.2.2.1 Scalability and Robustness
5.2.2.2 Metadata Management
5.2.2.3 Persistence Management
5.2.3.1 Robustness and Scalability
5.2.3.2 Database Connectivity
5.2.3.3 Transaction Management
5.2.3.6 Web Service Support
5.2.4.1 Enterprise Services in .NET
5.2.4.2 Robustness and Scalability
5.2.4.3 Metadata Management
5.2.4.4 Database Connectivity
5.2.4.5 Transaction Management
5.2.4.8 Web Service Support
5.3 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
5.3.1 Important Attributes of Languages to Support BSO
5.3.1.1 Complete Object Model
5.3.1.2 Abstract Interfaces
5.3.1.3 Late Binding and Dynamic Loading
5.3.1.5 Garbage Collection
5.3.2.5 Garbage Collection
5.3.3.4 Explicit Interface Implementation
5.3.3.5 Value Types and Boxing
5.3.3.9 Deterministic Object Cleanup
5.4 BUSINESS SERVICES RELATED
5.4.3 Service Description Languages
5.5 BRIDGES TO LEGACY APPLICATIONS
5.5.2 Bridges to Indexed Files
5.5.3 Bridges to Databases
5.5.4 Bridges to Legacy Transaction or Application Servers
CHAPTER 6 Business Services Aggregation
6.2 MODES OF COMMUNICATION
6.2.1 Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs)
6.2.2.1 Point-to-Point Messaging
6.2.2.2 Broadcast Messaging
6.3 MODES OF SHARING DATA
6.3.1 Point-to-Point Data Movement
6.4 ADAPTERS AND TRANSFORMATION FACILITIES
6.4.1 Transformation Facilities
6.6.1 Reliable Message Delivery
6.6.2 Business Transaction Protocol
6.6.3.2 Message Confidentiality
6.6.3.4 Message Integrity
6.6.4.1 Better Message Encapsulation
6.7 INTEGRATION BROKERS VERSUS WEB SERVICES
6.8 INTELLIGENT BUSINESS OBJECTS (IBOS)
CHAPTER 7 Metadata and Service Discovery
7.2 METADATA ARCHITECTURE
7.2.1 Information Model for Meta Repository
7.2.1.1 Organizational/User Information
7.2.1.3 Business Services Information
7.2.2 Capabilities of the Metadata Repository
7.2.2.1 Identification Schemes
7.2.2.2 Classification Schemes (Taxonomies)
7.3.1 Discovery by Humans
7.3.2 Discovery by Development Tools
7.3.3 Discovery by Other Programs
7.3.3.1 Accessing Service Listening Address
7.3.3.2 Generating Dynamic Proxies
7.3.3.3 Ad Hoc Queries for Dynamic Participants
7.4 EVOLUTION OF METADATA FACILITIES
7.4.3 OMG’s Trader Service
7.5.1 Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI)
7.5.1.1 Information Model for UDDI
7.5.1.2 Access Interfaces for UDDI
7.5.2 ebXML Registry & Repository
7.6.1 JAXR Information Model
7.6.3 JAXR Client Interface
7.6.4 Capability Profiles
7.6.6 Value-Added Services
7.6.6.1 Taxonomy Browsing
7.6.6.2 Internal and External Taxonomies
7.7 A SUITABLE METADATA REGISTRY FOR BSO
7.7.1 Registry Consolidation
7.7.2 Metadata API in the Form of a Model
CHAPTER 8 Business Services Orchestration Language (BSOL)
8.2.1.1 Message Definitions
8.2.1.5 Timeouts and Exceptions
8.2.1.6 Orchestration (Abstract Process)
8.2.1.7 Human Intervention
8.2.2.1 BSO Process Input/Output
8.2.2.2 Instance Variables
8.2.2.3 Activity Implementation
8.2.3.1 Start and End Activities
8.2.3.2 Code Organization
8.2.3.7 Exception Handling
8.2.3.8 Compensating Transactions
8.3.1.1 Parametric Subprocesses
8.3.2.1 Business Process Representation as a Service
8.3.2.2 Recursive Composition
8.3.3 Dynamic Participants
8.3.4.2 Interprocess Synchronization
8.3.4.3 Interruption Handling
8.3.4.4 Process Monitoring
CHAPTER 9 Integrating Human Services
9.2 THE “PARTITURE” OR WORK PORTAL
9.3 WORK PORTAL EXTENSIONS OR PRESENTATION COMPONENTS
9.4.1 An Imaginary Usage Example
9.4.2 IXOs from the Process Perspective
Business Services Orchestration
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