Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) provides business with a more comprehensive and adaptive way to combine IT systems and business processes more effectively. To understand and implement SOA successfully within a business it is therefore necessary to train staff in order for this to be successful. Many companies have developed SOA training which is available online, as a package to work through with staff or through learning institutes such as universities and colleges.
Many of the SOA training opportunities available to companies and individuals cover the following subjects:
Implementation and management of SOA – this covers aspects of SOA such as definitions, why should SOA be considered, the technologies available and skills in identifying services and the communication networks that connect these services.
Maximise use of SOA technology to improve business performance – subjects in this part of the training involve analysis of current and past software technology that is available for SOA implementation and management, industry standards Extensible Markup Language (XML), Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) and service implementation.
Use of best practices to integrate services into existing business framework – this covers the details of SOA best practices, transitioning beyond basic services and also covers the important aspects of business frameworks.
Automation of business processes – this covers subjects such as managing synchronous and asynchronous messages, identifying business process workflow, making a case for well structured architecture, breaking down the business process and testing a SOA.
Learning how to implement SOA governance – this covers subjects such as managing service quality with WS Policy, determining registry access and deployment options and learning how to describe interactions with choreography.
The benefits of providing SOA training for staff and businesses is that the implementation period of SOA will be significantly reduced and best practices will be in place from the beginning monitored by trained personnel. Faster implementation of SOA enhances the agility of a business which is of great benefit to result driven companies.
SOA training within a company is targeted at people who work in software development and programming or in positions such as analysts, strategists and software architects.