Process-Driven SOA: Patterns for Aligning Business and IT Book

Introduction
What This Book Is About Target Audience Software Patterns Pattern Form and Pattern Chapter Structure Structure and Overview of this Book Guide to the Reader

Service-Oriented Architecture: A Business Perspective
Business Agility as a Driving Force Business Process Modeling Business Process Modeling versus SOA Modeling Business Process Orientation in Business Information Systems Extracting Business Processes from Applications Process-Aware Information Systems The Business Impact of Process-Driven SOA

Service-Oriented Architecture: A Technical Perspective
Introduction The Infamous SOA Triangle From Interface Descriptions to Service Contracts Service Contracts SOA Layers Adaptation in the Remoting Layer Communication Protocol Adaptation Message-Processing Adaptation Service Provider Adaptation Service Client Adaptation SOA and Business Processes: Integrating Services and Processes Enterprise Service Bus SOA and Event-Driven Architecture

Pattern Language Walk-Through: An Example from the Insurance Business
Claims Management as a High-Level Business Domain View Modeling the Claims Management Macroflow Processes Business Domain View of the Claims Notification Process Business Domain View of the Claim Reserve Process Business Domain View of the Triage-and-Assignment Process Business Domain View of the Claim Investigation Process Business Domain View of the Claim Negotiation Process Modeling Claims Management Use Cases as Microflows Claims Data as a Central Resource Technical Architecture for Claims Management Technical Claims Process Modeling and Implementation Technical Domain View of the Claim Notification Process Technical Domain View of the Claim Reserve Process Technical Domain View of the Triage-and-Assignment Process Technical Domain View of the Claim Investigation Process Technical Domain View of the Claim Negotiation Process Technical Design of the Service Interfaces Technical Design of Automatic Microflows and Service Components User Interface Implementation

Decomposing and Executing Business-Driven and Technical Processes
Introduction Domain/Technical View Macro-/Microflow Macroflow Engine Microflow Engine Case Study: Business Transformation of Telecom Order Management

Integration and Adaptation in Process-Driven SOAs
Introduction Integration Adapter Integration Adapter Repository Configurable Dispatcher Process Integration Architecture Case Study: Java Implementation of Process-Based Business Services Integration

Aligning Business Goals and Service Design
Problems of Aligning Business Goals and Service Design Designing Business-Driven Services

Business Object Integration: How to Deal with the Data?
Introduction Business Object Models Synchronization on Business Objects Integrating External Systems Business Object Reference Business Object Pool Private-Public Business Object Service-Based Integration of External Systems Data Integration Issues in SOAs Restructuring the External System for Service-Based Integration Integrated Business Object Model Data Transformation Flow Case Study: Business Object Integration in a Telecommunications SOA Project

Process Design: Mapping Domain Views to Technical Views
Introduction Generic Process Control Structure Process Interrupt Transition Activity Interrupt Process-Based Error Management Timeout Handler Waiting Activity

Integrating Events into Process-Driven SOAs
Introduction Event-Based Activity Event-Based Process Instance Event-Based Process Split Event Dispatcher

Invoking Services from Processes
Introduction Synchronous Service Activity Fire-and-Forget Service Activity Asynchronous Result Service Multiple Asynchronous Results Service Fire Event Activity Asynchronous Subprocess Service Condition Deadline Service

Synchronization of Processes Running in Parallel
Introduction Register for Action Bundle Process Agent Process Conductor

Appendix: Related and Referenced Patterns
Overview of Related Patterns Thumbnails of Referenced Patterns References

Index