Enterprise Architecture for Integration: Rapid Delivery Methods and Technologies (Artech House Mobile Communications Library)

✍ Scribed by Clive Finkelstein

• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 540
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

With the fast pace of change in today?’s business environment, the need to transform organizations into agile enterprises that can respond quickly to change has never been greater. Methods and computer technologies are needed to enable rapid business and system change, and this practical book shows professionals how to achieve this agility. The solution lies in Enterprise Integration (both business and technology integration). For business integration, the book explains how to use enterprise architecture methods to integrate data, processes, locations, people, events and business plans throughout an organization. To attain technology integration, this cutting-edge resource shows professionals how to use XML, enterprise portals, enterprise application integration (EAI), Web services, service-oriented architecture (SOA) and business process management (BPM). These technologies and related products can be used with business methods to rapidly deliver priority systems into production. CD-ROM Included! Contains a tutorial that takes professionals through a model driven approach to software development. The disc also includes an overview and sampling of practical tools that help users better plan and mange their enterprise architecture effort.

✦ Table of Contents

1580537138......Page 1
Contents vii......Page 8
Foreword xix......Page 20
Preface xxv......Page 26
P.1 Evolution from the Industrial Age to the Information Age xxviii......Page 29
P.2 Reading Strategies for the Book xxx......Page 31
P.3 Accompanying CD-ROM xxxiii......Page 34
P.4 University and Corporate Use of the Book and CD-ROM xxxv......Page 36
P.6 Other Acknowledgments xxxvi......Page 37
Endnotes xxxvii......Page 38
1.1 The Evolution of Enterprise Architecture 1......Page 40
1.2 Using the Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture 5......Page 44
1.3 Enterprise Engineering for Rapid Development 10......Page 49
1.4 Using Enterprise Architecture for Enterprise Integration 15......Page 54
1.5 Summary 18......Page 57
Endnotes 19......Page 58
Part I Enterprise Architecture for Managers 21......Page 60
2.1 Introduction to Balanced Scorecard and Strategy Maps 23......Page 62
2.2 Basic Concepts of Balanced Scorecard 24......Page 63
2.3 Basic Concepts of Strategy Maps 28......Page 67
2.4 Examples of Balanced Scorecard and Strategy Maps 31......Page 70
2.5 Steps to Develop Balanced Scorecards and Strategy Maps 36......Page 75
Endnotes 39......Page 78
3.1 Strategy Analysis in Business Planning 41......Page 80
3.2 The Steps of Strategy Analysis 46......Page 85
3.3 Strategy Analysis for Project Specifications 62......Page 101
3.4 Preparation for Strategy Analysis 65......Page 104
3.5 Questionnaire Templates for Enterprise Architecture 69......Page 108
Endnotes 70......Page 109
4.1 Responsibilities Imposed by Sarbanes-Oxley 73......Page 112
4.2 Governance Analysis Framework (GAF) for Sarbanes-Oxley 77......Page 116
4.3 Step-by-Step Approach for Governance Analysis 85......Page 124
4.4 Summary 88......Page 127
Endnotes 89......Page 128
Part II Enterprise Architecture Methods 91......Page 130
5.1 Evolution of Systems Development Methodologies 93......Page 132
5.2 Review of Enterprise Architecture 95......Page 134
5.3 Government Methods for Building Enterprise Architecture 97......Page 136
5.4 Department of Defense Architecture Frameworks 105......Page 144
5.5 The Open Group Architecture Framework 124......Page 163
5.6 Enterprise Architecture Project Experience 125......Page 164
5.7 Strategies for Enterprise Architecture Implementation 130......Page 169
5.8 Enterprise Engineering for Enterprise Architecture 138......Page 177
5.9 Summary 139......Page 178
Endnotes 140......Page 179
6.1 Enterprise Architecture Incremental Build Context 143......Page 182
6.2 Data Modeling Conventions 145......Page 184
6.3 Data Entity Types 154......Page 193
6.4 Data Attribute Types 170......Page 209
6.5 More About Entities and Attributes 184......Page 223
6.6 Summary 192......Page 231
Endnotes 193......Page 232
7.1 Enterprise Architecture Incremental Build Context 195......Page 234
7.2 Developing a Strategic Model 197......Page 236
7.3 Sample Solutions for Strategic Modeling Exercises 206......Page 245
7.4 Identifying Business Activities from a Data Map 214......Page 253
7.5 Deriving Project Plans for Rapid EA Delivery 217......Page 256
7.7 Project Maps Are Do-It-Yourself Construction Kits 230......Page 269
7.8 Summary 240......Page 279
Endnotes 241......Page 280
8.1 Enterprise Architecture Incremental Build Context 243......Page 282
8.2 Step 6: Define Strategic Alignment Matrices 246......Page 285
8.3 Step 7: Activity Modeling Concepts 248......Page 287
8.4 Step 7: Activity-Based Costing 257......Page 296
8.5 Step 8: Workflow Modeling 262......Page 301
8.6 Step 8: Business Rules for Workflow Modeling 267......Page 306
8.7 Summary 272......Page 311
Endnotes 274......Page 313
9.1 Enterprise Architecture Incremental Build Context 275......Page 314
9.2 Introduction to Normalization 278......Page 317
9.3 First Business Normal Form (1BNF) 287......Page 326
9.4 Second Business Normal Form (2BNF) 290......Page 329
9.5 Third Business Normal Form (3BNF) 296......Page 335
9.6 Identifying Current and Future Business Needs 298......Page 337
9.7 Fourth Business Normal Form (4BNF) 304......Page 343
9.8 Capturing Expert Business Knowledge......Page 346
9.9 Summary 326......Page 365
Endnotes 327......Page 366
10.1 Enterprise Architecture Incremental Build Context 329......Page 368
10.2 Initial Menu Structure from a Data Model 332......Page 371
10.3 Preliminary Screen Designs from a Data Model 335......Page 374
10.4 Database Capacity Planning and Transaction Performance 339......Page 378
10.5 Prototyping from a Data Model 348......Page 387
10.6 Process Modeling 353......Page 392
10.7 Summary 362......Page 401
Endnotes 363......Page 402
Part III Enterprise Integration Technologies 365......Page 404
11.1 Technologies for Enterprise Integration 367......Page 406
11.2 B2B Cost-Effective Business Drivers 371......Page 410
11.3 XML Messaging and Repository Standards 379......Page 418
11.4 ebXML 384......Page 423
11.6 Summary 393......Page 432
Endnotes 395......Page 434
12.1 The Evolution of Enterprise Portals 397......Page 436
12.2 Enterprise Portal Case Studies 402......Page 441
12.3 Enterprise Portal Product Categories 410......Page 449
12.5 Summary 411......Page 450
Endnotes 413......Page 452
13.1 Introduction to Web Services 415......Page 454
13.2 Intranet and Internet Web Services for Integration 417......Page 456
13.3 XML Standards for Web Services 421......Page 460
13.4 Web Services Evolution 426......Page 465
13.5 Challenges in Phase 3 Evolution 430......Page 469
13.7 Summary 432......Page 471
Endnotes 433......Page 472
14.1 Importance of Service-Oriented Architecture 435......Page 474
14.2 Introduction to Service-Oriented and Event-Driven Architectures 441......Page 480
14.3 SOA Business Process Management Products 454......Page 493
14.4 Summary 456......Page 495
Endnotes 458......Page 497
15.1 Virtualization and On-Demand Computing 461......Page 500
15.2 Costs of Integration 466......Page 505
15.3 Role of Modeling Tools 469......Page 508
15.5 Summary of Key Enterprise Architecture Principles 470......Page 509
15.6 Future Directions in Enterprise Architecture 479......Page 518
Endnotes 481......Page 520
About the Author 483......Page 522
Index 485......Page 524