Enterprise SOA Roadmap

This book, intended for business leaders, IT managers and consultants, guides you step-by-step along the path to enterprise service-oriented architecture. Using a detailed analysis of more than 500 SAP Consulting projects in different industries as a basis, the authors deliver concrete recommendations on how best to roll out enterprise SOA in your own organization. You'll learn how SAP supports enterprises along their individual adoption paths, and benefit from the many lessons learned that are described in the book. In addition, you'll discover how to apply specific implementation options, arguments and best practices in your enterprise and how to sidestep potential implementation risks.

Topic Highlights:

Principles and Benefits, Challenges for IT, Agility Gains
Enterprise SOA Adoption Program: Prerequisites, Basic Conditions, Potentials Analysis, Evaluation of Alternatives
Industry Reports: Automotive, High Tech, Chemical, Retail, Banking and Finance, Public Sector
Best Practices: Technological Mass Adoption, SAP NetWeaver Adoption, Composite Application Adoption, Enterprise SOA Adoption

List of contents

1 ... Service-Oriented Architecture ... 21

... 1.1 ... Challenges for IT ... 21

... 1.2 ... Approximation by Means of Analogy ... 26

... 1.3 ... Principles and Advantages of SOA ... 28

... 1.4 ... Agility Gains Using a Sample Process ... 37

... 1.5 ... Enterprise SOA as a Business Trend ... 41

2 ... On the Road to Enterprise SOA ... 45

... 2.1 ... Enterprise SOA Adoption Program ... 46

... 2.2 ... Assessing the Individual Situation ... 51

3 ... Roadmap Methodology ... 67

... 3.1 ... Phase 1: Strategic Determining Factors ... 68

... 3.2 ... Phase 2: Transparency to the Business and IT Landscape ... 83

... 3.3 ... Phase 3: Analysis of Potentials ... 103

... 3.4 ... Phase 4: Design ... 110

... 3.5 ... Phase 5: Roadmap Definition ... 121

4 ... Analyses of Industries and Examples ... 133

... 4.1 ... Analysis Procedure ... 133

... 4.2 ... Automotive Industry ... 135

... 4.3 ... High-Tech Industry ... 156

... 4.4 ... Chemical Industry ... 185

... 4.5 ... Retail Industry ... 213

... 4.6 ... Banks and Financial Service Providers ... 230

... 4.7 ... Public Sector ... 252

5 ... Cross-Industry Best Practices ... 273

... 5.1 ... Empirical Foundations for Modeling ... 273

... 5.2 ... Level 1: Technological Mass Adoption - Setting the Foundations ... 290

... 5.3 ... Level 2: SAP NetWeaver Adoption - Establishing Facts ... 301

... 5.4 ... Level 3: Composite Application Adoption -

... 5.5 ... Level 4: Enterprise SOA Adoption - Enforcing Enterprise SOA ... 321

... 5.6 ... Avoiding Risks ... 333

6 ... Bottom Line and Outlook ... 339

... 6.1 ... A Look at IT Post-2010 ... 341

... 6.2 ... Initial Transformation Considerations ... 350

A ... Catalog of Enterprise Services Bundles ... 357

A.1 ... ES Bundles Providing Enterprise Services for SAP ERP ... 357

A.2 ... ES Bundles Providing Enterprise Services for SAP SCM ... 361

A.3 ... ES Bundles Providing Enterprise Services for SAP RFID and SAP OER ... 362

A.4 ... ES Bundles Providing Enterprise Services for SAP SRM ... 363

A.5 ... ES Bundles Providing Enterprise Services for Industries ... 364

A.6 ... Preview of Planned ES Bundles ... 367

B ... Procedural Recommendations ... 377

C ... Other Distinctive Features Contained in the Stage Model ... 381

D ... Selected Offerings of SAP Consulting ... 383

D.1 ... Roadmap for SAP NetWeaver ... 383

D.2 ... SAP Enterprise SOA Roadmap for SAP ERP ... 384

D.3 ... Additional Related Offerings from SAP Consulting ... 385

E ... List of Acronyms ... 393

F ... Bibliography ... 399

G ... The Authors ... 403

Index ... 405

About the author

Dr. Markus A. Lindemann ist bei der SAP Consulting für die vertriebliche und organisatorische Verankerung neuer Dienstleistungsangebote im Umfeld der SAP Business Process Platform und Enterprise SOA verantwortlich. Dr. Lindemann studierte nach einer kaufmännischen Ausbildung Wirtschaftsinformatik an der Universität Mannheim. 1996 wurde er Mitglied des Competence Center Electronic Markets und wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik der Universität St. Gallen. Nach einem einjährigen Auslandsaufenthalt in 1999 als Stipendiat an der Business School der University of Maryland (USA) promovierte er am Institut für Medien- und Kommunikationsmanagement der Universität St. Gallen (Dr. oec.).

Product details

• Authors: Stefan Hack, Markus A. Lindemann
• Publisher: Rheinwerk Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9781592291625
• ISBN: 978-1-59229-162-5
• No. of pages: 417
• Weight: 828 g
• Series: SAP PRESS; SAP Press
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks