Course Description:  This course provides an overview of the business benefits and advantages of implementing a Services-Oriented Architecture (SOA). It focuses on understanding how Service-oriented architecture gives existing systems the flexibility and agility to respond to a business environment which is changing rapidly. Service-oriented architectures allow businesses and governments to capitalize on opportunity by becoming more agile, driving cost reductions, boosting ROI, lowering maintenance costs, enhancing architectural flexibility and lowering integration costs.

Course Objectives:  At the end of this course, the attendee will be able to: " Define and describe Service Oriented Architecture: SOA is a concept with guidelines, rather than a specific product or strict decision trees. " Understand how it applies to different situations " Determine if SOA is right for your organization: " Lead an evaluation effort " Determine if, where, and when it can be used successfully.

Audience: The primary audience for this course is professionals looking to evaluate, implement, or possibly even just understand Service Oriented Architecture, its impact on business processes, and the advantages and disadvantages of using it versus other methodologies.

Prerequisites:  Attendees of this course should have familiarity with their companies' IT practices and general methodology. There will be an introduction to IT architecture concepts and methods, and attendees will have the best experience when being able to identify what their organization does or does not do.

Approach  This course consists of Instructor Lecture along with a significant amount of class & team discussion. In this customized course, basic programming concepts will be deemphasized or omitted, while architectural elements will be emphasized and drilled into in more depth. The course will heavily rely on case studies and real world examples to illustrate key concepts.