Software Engineering Institute

A Research Agenda for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): Maintenance and Evolution of Service-Oriented Systems

February 28, 2010 • Technical Note

By Grace Lewis, Dennis B. Smith, Kostas Kontogiannis

This 2010 report describes the agenda of an SEI-led group that was formed to explore the business, engineering, and operations aspects of service-oriented architecture.

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A Scenario-Based Technique for Developing SOA Technical Governance

May 31, 2009 • Technical Note

By Soumya Simanta, Edwin J. Morris, Grace Lewis, Sriram Balasubramaniam, Dennis B. Smith

Organizations can make the available SOA governance frameworks more effective in their organizations using the scenario-based tailoring technique introduced in this technical note.

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Common Misconceptions About Service-Oriented Architecture

November 1, 2007 • White Paper

By Grace Lewis, Edwin J. Morris, Soumya Simanta, Dennis B. Smith, Lutz Wrage

This 2007 article from Crosstalk magazine suggests ways to more effectively address critical SOA issues that potential users, developers, and acquisition officers may have.

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Evaluating a Service-Oriented Architecture

August 31, 2007 • Technical Report

By Philip Bianco, Rick Kotermanski, Paulo Merson

This report contains technical information about SOA design considerations and tradeoffs that can help the architecture evaluator to identify and mitigate risks in a timely and effective manner.

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Evaluating a Service-Oriented Architecture

May 14, 2007 • Presentation

By Paulo Merson, Philip Bianco

This presentation was delivered by Philip Bianco and Paulo Merson at the SATURN 2007 conference.

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Evaluating Service-Oriented Architectures

June 1, 2008 • Audio

By Rick Kotermanski, Paulo Merson

This report contains technical information about SOA design considerations and tradeoffs that can help the architecture evaluator to identify and mitigate risks in a timely and effective manner.

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Four Pillars of Service-Oriented Architecture

September 1, 2007 • White Paper

By Grace Lewis, Dennis B. Smith

This 2007 SEI whitepaper by Grace Lewis and Dennis B. Smith outlines four pillars to Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) success.

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Model Problems in Technologies for Interoperability: Model-Driven Architecture

April 30, 2005 • Technical Note

By Grace Lewis, Lutz Wrage

This 2005 report looks at Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) as one of many technologies for accomplishing interoperability.

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Model Problems in Technologies for Interoperability: Web Services

May 31, 2006 • Technical Note

By Grace Lewis, Lutz Wrage

This 2006 report presents the results of applying the model problem approach in an initial investigation of the potential of Web services to enable interoperability.

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Primer on SOA Terms

September 1, 2010 • White Paper

By Grace Lewis

This white paper presents basic terminology related to Service- Oriented Architecture (SOA). The goal of the paper is to establish a baseline of terms for service-oriented systems.

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Quality Attributes and Service-Oriented Architectures

August 31, 2005 • Technical Note

By Liam O'Brien, Len Bass, Paulo Merson

This report examines the relationship between service-oriented architectures (SOAs) and quality attributes.

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Service Level Agreements in Service-Oriented Architecture Environments

August 31, 2008 • Technical Note

By Philip Bianco, Grace Lewis, Paulo Merson

This 2008 report surveys the state of practice in service level agreement specification and offers guidelines on how to assure that services are provided with high availability, security, performance, and …

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SMART: Analyzing the Reuse Potential of Legacy Components in a Service-Oriented Architecture Environment

May 31, 2008 • Technical Note

By Grace Lewis, Edwin J. Morris, Dennis B. Smith, Soumya Simanta

Is legacy system migration feasible for your organization as a means of SOA adoption? The Service Migration and Reuse Technique (SMART) assists an organization in determining what to migrate, the …

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SOA Research Agenda

January 31, 2008 • Presentation

By Grace Lewis

This 2008 presentation by Grace Lewis details the taxonomy of the SEI's research agenda on the topics critical to success with SOA adoption.

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T-Check for Technologies for Interoperability: Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA)—Part 1 Parent SEI Program

March 31, 2007 • Technical Note

By Soumya Simanta, Grace Lewis, Lutz Wrage

This report investigates Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA), one of the many technologies for accomplishing interoperability, using the T-Check technique.

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T-Check in Technologies for Interoperability: Web Services and Security—Single Sign-On

December 31, 2007 • Technical Note

By Lutz Wrage, Soumya Simanta, Grace Lewis, Saul Jaspan

This technical note presents the results of applying the T-Check approach in an initial investigation of two Web services standards, WS-Security and SAML, to create an SSO solution that works …

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Testing in Service-Oriented Environments

February 28, 2010 • Technical Report

By Edwin J. Morris, William Anderson, Sriram Balasubramaniam, David J. Carney, John Morley, Patrick R. Place, Soumya Simanta

This report makes 65 recommendations for improving testing in service-oriented environments. It covers testing functionality and testing for interoperability, security, performance, and reliability qualities.

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Workshop on Model-Driven Architecture and Program Generation

July 31, 2006 • Technical Note

By Grace Lewis, B. Craig Meyers, Kurt C. Wallnau

This report summarizes the results of a June 2006 workshop, held to explore business and technical aspects of program generation in the context of the Object Management Group's model-driven architecture …

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