ECTS - Service Oriented Architecture and Business Process Management

Service Oriented Architecture and Business Process Management (SE564) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Service Oriented Architecture and Business Process Management SE564 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 7.5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives The objective of this course is to offer an introduction to service-oriented architecture (SOA) addressing the essential concepts of SOA and to teach how to use Business Process Management (BPM) practices to meet the demands of a constantly changing environment.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Implement and operate modern Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA)
  • Apply SOA technology to reduce application development time and improve business agility
  • Describe the business processes, process models and how SOA supports process improvement
  • Automate complex business processes using workflow visualisation and service orchestration
  • Apply proven SOA standards to achieve platform interoperability and integration of legacy systems
Course Content Basics of SOA; SOA design principles; SOA standards, foundations, BPEL, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI; governance; business process models; business process management from process and content management to collaboration and analytics; BPM enabled by SOA.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction Ch. 1 – 2 (other sources - 1)
2 SOA Overview Unit 2 (main text - 1)
3 Design Principles Unit 3
4 Design Principles (cont’d) Unit 3
5 Use of Standards Unit 4
6 Use of Standards (cont’d) Unit 4
7 SOA Scenarios Unit 8
8 Business Processes Ch. 1 (main text – 2)
9 Business Process Lifecycle and Business Process Management Ch. 1-2 (main text – 2)
10 Modeling and Orchestration of Business Processes with SOA Unit 7 (main text - 1) Ch. 2-4, 6 (main text – 2)
11 Modeling and Orchestration of Business Processes with SOA (cont’d) Unit 7 (main text - 1) Ch. 3-4, 6 (main text – 2)
12 Process Analysis and Transformation Ch. 5 (main text – 2)
13 SOA Security Unit 10 (main text - 1) Chapter 11 (other sources - 1)
14 SOA Governance Unit 6 (main text - 1) Chapter 12 (other sources - 1)
15 Final Examination Period Review of topics
16 Final Examination Period Review of topics

Sources

Course Book 1. Getting Started with SOA - Lecture Notes, IBM Corporation, 2007.
2. Papil, K., Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL: From Business Process Modeling to Orchestration and Service Oriented Architecture, Packt Publishing, 2008.
Other Sources 3. Rosen, M., Lublinsky, B., Smith, K. T., Balcer, M. J., Applied SOA: Service-Oriented Architecture and Design Strategies, Wiley, 2008.
4. Debevoise, T., Business Process Management with a Business Rules Approach: Implementing The Service Oriented Architecture, BookSurge Publishing, 2007.
5. Graham, I., Business Rules Management and Service Oriented Architecture: A Pattern Language, Wiley, 2007.
6. Cummins, F. A., Building the Agile Enterprise: With SOA, BPM and MBM, Morgan Kaufmann, 2008.
7. Fiammante, M., Dynamic SOA and BPM: Best Practices for Business Process Management and SOA Agility, IBM Press, 1st edition, 2009.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 5
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 4 25
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 7 100
Percentage of Semester Work
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 An ability to apply advanced knowledge of computing and/or informatics to solve software engineering problems. X
2 Develop solutions using different technologies, software architectures and life-cycle approaches. X
3 An ability to design, implement and evaluate a software system, component, process or program by using modern techniques and engineering tools required for software engineering practices.
4 An ability to gather/acquire, analyze, interpret data and make decisions to understand software requirements.
5 Skills of effective oral and written communication and critical thinking about a wide range of issues arising in the context of working constructively on software projects.
6 An ability to access information in order to follow recent developments in science and technology and to perform scientific research or implement a project in the software engineering domain.
7 An understanding of professional, legal, ethical and social issues and responsibilities related to Software Engineering.
8 Skills in project and risk management, awareness about importance of entrepreneurship, innovation and long-term development, and recognition of international standards of excellence for software engineering practices standards and methodologies.
9 An understanding about the impact of Software Engineering solutions in a global, environmental, societal and legal context while making decisions.
10 Promote the development, adoption and sustained use of standards of excellence for software engineering practices.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 5 80
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 4 12 48
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 20 20
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 30 30
Total Workload 226