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Overview Consulting Training Certification

All courses are available for on-site delivery at your location. Periodic public workshops are also offered. The next public SOA Workshop is scheduled for: May 5-11, 2008 in San Francisco (visit www.SOAWorkshop.com for details)


The SOA Training & Certification Program developed by SOA Systems Inc. and best-selling SOA author Thomas Erl provides structured, vendor-agnostic, end-to-end education dedicated to SOA and service-oriented computing.

The program is divided into two primary parts:

SOA Certification
(courses with formal testing and certification)

This comprehensive program allows IT professionals to attain one or more official certification designations, including Certified SOA Consultant, Certified SOA Analyst, Certified SOA Architect and others.

For more details, visit: www.soaschool.com

SOA Seminars & Workshops
(courses without formal testing and certification)

The courses listed below can be delivered on-site or as part of public events and do not require formal testing. Attendees are provided periodic, hands-on exercises that can be completed on a voluntary basis to help reinforce key topics. All attendees receive a Certificate of Completion subsequent to course completion.

The SOA Workshop
This popular bootcamp is comprised of up to five one-day modules that cover a cross-section of the most important concepts, technologies, and issues pertaining to modern-day SOA.
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Introduction to SOA &
the Service-Oriented Computing Platform

An overview of key concepts and terminology associated with SOA, service-oriented computing and service-orientation, including coverage of strategic SOA goals, benefits and impacts.
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Strategic SOA for Managers and Executives
A concise overview of the strategic SOA vision and associated goals and benefits, as well as related requirements and impacts.
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SOA, Web Services, & Service-Orientation:
Fundamental and Advanced Concepts
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An intensive seminar covering the spectrum of concepts and technologies associated with SOA, service-orientation principles, XML and Web services.
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SOA Transition Planning
A full day seminar dedicated to planning SOA adoption initiatives and pilot projects, including migration strategies, vision statements and transition architectures.
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Service-Oriented Analysis &
Service Modeling Hands-On Workshop

A hands-on workshop during which the analysis and modeling of services is covered in-depth and then supplemented with a series of individual and group exercises.
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Business Service Modeling Techniques
An advanced seminar dedicated to modeling business-centric service candidates, with an emphasis on defining appropriate business functional contexts, boundaries and granularity levels.
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Service Design Hands-On Workshop
A workshop dedicated to service design, covering the key service-orientation considerations and providing many exercises for applying service-oriented design and creating service contracts.
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SOA Project Planning
A seminar focused on planning considerations for SOA projects, including resourcing, scheduling and budgeting considerations, and the exploration of different project delivery approaches.
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SOA, Service Composition &
Business Process Management

Numerous advanced modeling and design considerations specific to large-scale service compositions are covered, including activity scenarios and runtime management.
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Coming in 2008

The following credit courses are currently in development and will be made available in 2008. Contact us to inquire about pre-registration options.
Advanced Service Modeling (2 days)
Advanced Service-Orientation and Service Design (3 days)
The SOA Governance Workshop (3 days)
The SOA Security Workshop (3 days)


Note that all courses are reviewed and revised quarterly to stay in alignment with industry developments.



About the Instructors

All of our instructors are senior SOA consultants with field-proven expertise. Some of the instructors are also published SOA authors.



About the Textbooks

The following best-selling SOA textbooks are used by several of these courses:
Textbooks are provided as part of the overall course materials, as required. To learn more about these books, visit: www.soabooks.com

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