Abstract: The success of any IT initiative could be measured in terms of the actual business goals that it fulfills. However, when it comes to SOA based projects, it becomes imperative that such an initiative bears close correspondence with the business requirements as SOA is usually an enterprise wide activity, so any slight deviation from the actual business goals could result in an SOA that is misaligned with the enterprise wide goals. So in order to achieve this required alignment, it stands necessary that before starting off with the service-oriented analysis phase, a high level view of required SOA needs to be in place that ensures that the subsequent analysis phase concentrates on business processes in the order of their preference with respect to the business goals linked with each business process. Business Process Analysis (BPA) offers matrices that help in drawing a correspondence between business goals and high level services. BPA also helps in prioritizing the business processes in terms of the most pressing needs of an organization. This article presents the rationale for BPA, its importance and more importantly it describes the actual steps involved within BPA with the help of a case study.


Business Process Analysis with SOA: A Case Study


SOURCE: SOA Magazine