ESOA - ENTERPRISE AND SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE

Part I – SOA, Enterprise Architecture and Strategic Alignment

30h, 5 sessions x 3h+3h.

Evaluation: Exam

Service-Oriented Architecture was defined in 90x, it is a paradigm for the realization and maintenance of organizational business processes and technical infrastructure.  In this class, we discuss the concepts of enterprise application integration and service design according to SOA. We also introduce strategic alignment and discuss the importance of IT management for organizations. We introduce enterprise architecture – a discipline that facilitates strategic alignment and enables a transition from IT management to IT strategy.

Key words: SOA, EA

Course description.

In this class, we start with SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) – the framework for implementing business process in organizations. We examine the notion of service and the infrastructure that has to be developed in order to implement SOA. We discuss the advantages and limitations of SOA and service technologies.

Enterprise architecture (EA) is a process of translating a business vision and strategy into effective business processes and IT infrastructure. (SOA can be seen as an architecture for implementation of such processes and infrastructure within EA).

The sessions will combine traditional lecture (the notes will be available on EPI) and case-based learning - group work on practical business problems (cases) illustrating the theoretical concepts seen in class.

The evaluation of the course will be based on participation in the case sessions + exam.