Course description: Getting Started with SOA (Self-Paced) - Updated

Once the id and password are provided, the course must be completed in 60 days.

NOTE: THIS IS A SELF-PACED VIRTUAL CLASSROOM OFFERING. THE AVERAGE TIME TO COMPLETE THE COURSE IS 20 HOURS.

This course offers an introduction to service-oriented architecture (SOA), and describes the essential concepts of SOA that affect a broad technical audience.

COURSE MATERIALS

Self-paced virtual classes include:

• Real hands-on labs!
• Live instructor chats!
• Your pace at your place!

View a demonstration of the e-learning environment at:

• http://www.cgselearning.com/marketing/VWIC/

This course is delivered through the Information Technology (IT) industry's first and only IBM Virtual WebSphere Innovation Center (VWIC). Created by Computer Generated Solutions, Inc. (CGS) - a leader in online learning and technical training - the VWIC is an easily accessible knowledge portal that enables WebSphere developers to identify, understand, and implement WebSphere technologies quickly and cost-effectively. The VWIC is a state-of-the-art knowledge portal that provides remote, online technical training for WebSphere products and services. To meet your needs at various skill levels, the VWIC combines self-paced e-learning courses with hands-on e-labs and live online mentoring.

Once in a VWIC online classroom, you can:

• Work independently on a course module
• Chat with online e-tutors
• Review test or assignment results
• E-mail your e-tutors

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Training Paths that reference this course are:

• Chief Information Officer skills for IBM WebSphere Business Process Management products
• Service-Oriented Architect and Application Developer skills roadmap
• Developer and System administrator skills for IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository

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IBM Education Advantage Program Eligibility:

• Yes - IBM Education Pack - online account

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This basic course is designed for technical managers, application developers, system administrators, and architects. It is also beneficial for business analysts and business managers.

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Before taking this course, students should have one or more of these skills:

• Gathering and analyzing business requirements
• Managing software development projects
• Designing and developing software solutions
• Applying software development methodologies to the design of software solutions
• Administering software solutions
• Designing and developing systems integration solutions

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• Explain the business and technical value of adopting SOA
• Describe SOA and explain how it relates to contemporary software architectural styles
• Explain the principles and characteristics of services within SOA, and identify various service types
• Explain Information Services, and how and when to apply it
• Describe service-oriented integration (SOI) and explain how it differs from contemporary integration approaches
• Identify methodologies for service-oriented analysis and design
• Describe programming models and standards that support the realization of SOA and SOI
• Describe Web services, and explain how they support the realization of SOA solutions
• Describe IBM’s SOA Foundation, and identify IBM offerings that support IBM’s SOA life cycle
• Define SOA governance
• Explain the need for SOA governance
• Explain IBM’s SOA governance offerings for establishing SOA governance within an organization
• Explain IBM’s SOA scenarios and describe how these support adoption of SOA within an organization

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• SOA overview
• SOA design principles
• Exercise: Case study overview
• SOA use of standards
• Exercise: Demonstration of Web services
• IBM SOA Foundation - product overview
• SOA Foundation - governance
• Exercise: Demonstration of governance
• SOA Foundation - model
• Exercise: Demonstration of service identification and specification
• SOA scenarios overview
• Exercise: Identifying and applying SOA scenarios to the case study
• SOA Foundation - assemble and deploy
• Exercise: Demonstration of service deployment and assembly using SCA
• Service management and security
• Exercise: Demonstration of IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for SOA

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