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Posts on the Design Decomposition Blog
You might have seen the recent news reports about the collision between U.S. and Russian communication satellites. The U.S. satellite was one of the Iridium satellites. What wasn’t reported and you probably don’t know is that an object database management system (ODBMS) is an important part of the Iridium system. Even though ODBMSs are a [...]
February 13, 2009
I am now also posting on the Cutter Blog. My initial posting is (The Acronym) SOA is (Perhaps) Dead (at Some Companies); Long Live Services. It is a response to Anne Thomas Manes’ SOA is Dead; Long Live Services on her blog at the Burton Group.
January 9, 2009
The typical definition of an atomic task or process is one that cannot be decomposed further. This is vague and subject to interpretation. The Decomposition Matrix on this site uses a specific definition: A task (for business process diagrams) or a process (for data flow diagrams) is atomic if every input relates to every output [...]
December 3, 2008
My last posting referenced the criteria for a well-formed business process diagram mentioned in Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Matjaz B. Juric and Kapil Pant. I am going to expand on their criteria to create a more comprehensive definition of a well-formed business process diagram. To start, here are three criteria from [...]
November 18, 2008
I recently received two new books on business process modeling. Both books looked interesting because they had great titles. As it turns out, one book is great and the other not so good. The not so good book is Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Matjaz B. Juric and Kapil Pant. There are [...]
October 9, 2008
The Design Decomposition Blog is written by Doug Barry, who also wrote the articles on this site that cover Web services, SOA, and related technologies..
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This site will help you get started with a service-oriented architecture (SOA) using Web services. It features free articles, services, and product listings that can be used to develop a service-oriented architecture using Web services.

Example enterprise service-oriented architecture

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Web services book

Doug Barry has prepared the material on this site. He is also the author of a book that explains Web services and service-oriented architecture in an easy-to-understand, a non-technical manner. More on Doug Barry...

Web Services and Service-Oriented Architectures: The Savvy Manager's Guide by Douglas K. Barry

Web Services and Service-Oriented Architectures: The Savvy Manager's Guide
by Douglas K. Barry

This is a guide for the manager who wants to capitalize on the wave of change that will occur with Web services and service-oriented architectures. The changes wrought by this technology will require both a grasp of the technology and a way to deal with how these changes will affect the people who build our systems in our organizations. This book covers both issues. Managers at all levels of all organizations must be aware of the changes that are on the horizon and ways to deal with both sets of issues. This is a non-technical book on a technical subject. It assumes no prior knowledge of the technology.

  • Description and contents of this book: click here.
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  • Stencils so you can create your own force-field analysis or service-oriented architecture diagrams: click here.

This book is part of the Savvy Manager's Guide series. The series is intended to help IT managers deal with technological change. Doug Barry is also the series editor for this series. Click here for more information on this series.

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