There are 4 roles in SOA:

• Architecture team
• Business analysts
• Management / executive team
• Technical team (design / development)

Roles in SOA – Technical team (design / development)

Answers questions in a bottom-up approach.

How will an individual service be:

• Managed
• Implemented
• Deployed
• Discovered at Run-time
• Discovered at Design-time
• Registered at Run-time
• Re-used at Design-time

How will dependancies be:

• Minimised
• Managed

How will new versions be:

• Implemented
• Deployed

How will the Master-data-definition be translated to the individual systems of record which hold the data.

Responsible for implementing and deploying individual services

Needs to know:

• The step-by-step process for the analysis and design of services
• The different types and styles of services available
• What information is required from the business for complete service design
• How that relates to process and information models
• How that shows in the different design artefacts
• How to start thinking in terms of SOA

Roles in SOA – Business Analysts

Need to know the relationship between

• Goals
• Objectives
• Business Strategies

and the capabilities/objectives required to achieve them

Need to know

• What information is required for complete service design
• How that relates to process and information models
• How that shows in the different design artefacts
• How to use BPM as the link between Business Architecture and IT Design in terms of SOA

Roles in SOA – Management / Executive team

Needs to know the SOA Design process and how it can enable them to

• Manage
• Understand
• Govern
• Plan

SOA projects that deliver value to both the immediate project and the long-term goals of the enterprise.

Roles in SOA – Architecture team

Answers questions in a top-down approach

• Which standards and technologies to use
• Which strategies and tactics to employ
• Introducing and phasing-in SOA
• How does SOA fit with the enterprise technology roadmap
• How to sell it to management

Responsible for understanding the big picture

Needs to know

• The relationship between architectural concerns, enterprise context and the SOA design process
• How to use the architecture in a way that benefits the immediate project and the long-term goals of the enterprise

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