Implement a Business-Driven Service Oriented Architecture

Implement a Business-Driven Service Oriented Architecture Business expects from IT more speed, flexibility and responsiveness in application delivery. To increase the benefits that organizations derive from their IT investments, they are envisioning SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) as a means to provide flexibility in their IT systems. MEGA International helps IT managers take advantage of SOA and use its capabilities to provide the best IT resources for the benefit of the Customer Benefits business operations. In an intensely competitive ■ Establish sustainable and marketplace, CIOs today must innovate by collaborative service domains, demonstrating how they ensure better business according to relevant business criteria. agility. Service domains are the core “plug and plays” that ensure a flexible To provide effective benefits, MEGA approaches architecture of your systems for an SOA from the perspective of an Enterprise effective support of business processes. Architecture project. This conjunction brings to the organization an opportunity to understand both ■ Define the basis for a modular business and IT company assets and use them as architecture; the architecture is based inputs and drivers for establishing objectives and on elementary service components roadmaps. and interaction protocols that can be To achieve the business – IT alignment promised combined to build new applications. by this approach, MEGA relies on four pillars: ■ Provide guidelines for all IT systems ➔ A clear understanding of business require- development projects. Service ments based on business process mapping. domains and collaborations are used as the reference framework for all ➔ A modular, service-based view of the IT development projects. They ensure architecture. consistency of the entire IT architecture ➔ Specific criteria for grouping services in across all projects. autonomous but collaborative domains or areas. ■ Deliver roadmaps and directions ➔ A target for the future of the IT systems and for the future of IT systems, based on milestones to reach the target. the defined target and milestones to reach the target. This provides a vision MEGA provides dedicated tools and methodologies for decision-makers on the future for SOA implementation and organizes all alignment of business and IT. description assets in a shared repository. By bridging the different analysis perspectives in a ■ Ensure governance of the enterprise common Enterprise Architecture framework, you IT project portfolio. All project priorities can develop an architectural vision and carry it out are evaluated according to the IT over the long term. roadmap. MEGA SOA Solution Our experienced consultants and architects assist our customers through all project management, analysis and design activities related to SOA initiatives. They provide MEGA’s solution for SOA is based a roadmap for planning on more than 15 years of extensive and implementing SOA. experience working with government agencies and Fortune 500 They rely on robust and companies worldwide. consistent model-based MEGA consulting services provide practices, to effectively excellence through the numerous successful identify complex issues implementations achieved globally. and propose appropriate actions. The business-driven SOA approach proposed - Define service architecture patterns: to by MEGA is based on identifying services consolidate software engineering practices and interaction protocols in relationship from within the enterprise or from industry. with business objectives and business functions. It is articulated in two main phases, ➔ 2. Implement Service Architecture Our consulting approach relies on two preparation and implementation, and ensures - Consider each project according to the fundamental components: a progressive adoption of SOA across the IT systems roadmap. Define project scope entire IT landscape through a continuous in terms of business processes to be • A Proven Modeling Approach improvement cycle: optimized and/or automated. MEGA provides a real enterprise asset that - Identify and characterize service compo- describes your business: processes, people, ➔ 1. Build the IT Systems Roadmap nents and service exchange contracts risks, IT systems and the relationships that - Identify the strategic business domains by to create building blocks according to bring these components together. MEGA’s defining the business environment and principles defined by the functional embedded meta-models and modeling objectives with appropriate stakeholders. architectures. principles are compliant with official standards This step will allow the definition of - From the business process analysis, and can easily be enriched with company- business invariants used as criteria for define the application logic by assembling specific methods. the organization of the IT systems into building blocks, using process automation • A Toolset Leader in its Market applications. whenever possible. MEGA is one of the only solution providers that - Map the applications and their interactions - Use service patterns to assess the quality encompasses all dimensions of the Enterprise to provide the as-is status of the IT of the design of service architecture and Architecture, for the benefit of SOA projects. systems. rationalize IT development steps. MEGA ensures the design of your business - Use business invariants defined in the and IT architectures, leveraging on service initial phase as criteria to define the optimal ➔ 3. Ensure Continuous Improvement of the orchestration to build new applications. IT functional architecture; this step defines Service Architecture MEGA provides links with the development the foundation for future flexibility of the - Organize periodic reviews of the IT environments and workflow systems through system. roadmap. Adjust targets and milestones the appropriate support of web service - Define the target application architecture according to objectives and the budget. standards such as WSDL and BPEL. that matches the functional architecture using principles such as non-redundancy, Driven by a business process approach, Our strengths include a common repository, functional coverage, modularity and MEGA SOA solution brings a global enterprise standard modeling methods and libraries and autonomy. architecture perspective. As a result, SOA high-quality deliverables.