Solution designer's guide to IBM on demand business solutions / Mike Ransom et al.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ransom, Mike.

Contributor:

Nagpal, Rajesh.

Rajagopalan, Sridharan.

Rallapalli, Murthy.

Ramarathnam, Balaji.

Soric, Zeljko.

Sudarsanam, Shankara.

Vatatmaja.

Venkateshmurthy.

Vollrath, Carl, 1931-

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

Redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Management.

Information technology.

Electronic commerce.

Physical Description:

xiv, 312 p. : ill.

Place of Publication:

San Jose, CA : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

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Comments welcome

Part 1 Solution Designer fundamentals

Chapter 1. Start here for Solution Designer On Demand Business certification

1.1 The IBM Certified for On Demand Business Initiative

1.1.1 Target audience and value proposition

1.1.2 Solution Advisor

1.1.3 Solution Designer

1.2 Solution Designer Certification Test: objectives

1.3 Solution Designer Certification: sample test questions

1.3.1 Sample Test 817 questions

1.3.2 Answer key

Chapter 2. What Solution Designers should know about IBM's offering for On Demand Business

2.1 IBM's definition of On Demand Business

2.2 How On Demand Business differs from e-business

2.3 How becoming on demand changes a business

2.4 Who is using On Demand Business today?

2.5 Where does a business start in becoming an On Demand Business?

2.6 What is business transformation?

2.7 What is the On Demand Operating Environment (ODOE)?

2.7.1 On Demand Operating Environment capabilities

2.7.2 On Demand Operating Environment principles

2.8 IBM techniques for getting started with On Demand Business

2.9 An evolutionary initiative

Chapter 3. The Solution Designer's role

3.1 An Overview of the Solution Designer Role

3.2 Gather and evaluate client business requirements

3.2.1 Determine what business goals the client is trying to achieve

3.2.2 Identify information that needs to be gathered to understand the business requirements

3.2.3 Identify critical design factors (for example, extensibility, manageability, scalability, and availability)

3.2.4 Identify client's budget/time/resource constraints

3.2.5 Identify client's long-term objectives/strategies

3.2.6 Identify client's business rules and policies.

3.3 Identify and document current processes and infrastructure related to the business requirements

3.3.1 Identify the critical as-is and desired processes and determine the gaps

3.3.2 Determine the potential impact of existing processes and infrastructure on possible solution design

3.3.3 Determine the appropriateness of an On Demand Business solution based on client requirements, processes, and infrastructure

3.3.4 Verify and document the existing infrastructure

3.4 Design an On Demand Business solution

3.4.1 Follow industry-accepted principles for solution design (best practices, methodologies, and architectural approaches)

3.4.2 Evaluate and select patterns based on client requirements

3.4.3 Identify and evaluate solution options to finalize an approach

3.4.4 Assemble components into a functional On Demand Business solution based on business requirements

3.4.5 Identify and evaluate solution options

3.4.6 Incorporate ease-of-use requirements into the solution design

3.4.7 Create a projection of the ROI/TCO of the solution

3.5 Validate the On Demand Business solution design

3.5.1 Validate that the solution design meets the functional requirements

3.5.2 Validate that the design meets the non-functional requirements

3.5.3 Validate that the solution design meets the quality of service and Service Level Agreements

3.5.4 Validate that the design functions within the client's infrastructure

3.5.5 Validate that the design functions within the client's business processes

3.5.6 Validate that the solution moves the client further along the On Demand Business continuum

3.5.7 Validate that the solution design meets the client's long-term requirements

3.5.8 Participate in a Solution Assurance Review

3.6 Present the solution to the client

3.6.1 Tailor the presentation to the client audience.

3.6.2 Use appropriate delivery methods to present the solution

3.6.3 Provide design-related evidence for the ROI and TCO of the solution

3.6.4 Address client feedback regarding the design

3.7 Assist the project management team with implementation and deployment

3.7.1 Engage relevant services/resources to deploy the solution

3.7.2 Provide guidance on project calls or meetings

3.7.3 Provide input into the cost, time, and resource estimates

Part 2 On Demand Business basics

Chapter 4. Business transformation

4.1 Business transformation

4.2 Transformation approaches

4.2.1 The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)

4.2.2 Business Process Modeling

4.2.3 Service-oriented Modeling Method and Architecture (SOMA)

4.2.4 Unified Modeling Language (UML)

4.2.5 Application and process integration

4.3 Business Process Management (BPM)

Chapter 5. Business driven development

5.1 A definition of business driven development

5.2 Rational Unified Process (RUP)

5.3 Life cycle of an On Demand Business service

5.3.1 Conceive and modify business idea

5.3.2 Define model

5.3.3 Implement model

5.3.4 Acquire and map to infrastructure

5.3.5 Monitor and react

Chapter 6. On Demand Operating Environment: integration capabilities

6.1 Integration

6.1.1 Business modeling

6.1.2 Process transformation

6.1.3 Application and information integration

6.1.4 Access and collaboration

6.1.5 Business Process Management

6.2 Integration architecture/technologies

6.2.1 Service-oriented architecture (SOA)

6.2.2 Connected Information (CI)

6.2.3 Workplace

Chapter 7. On Demand Operating Environment: the infrastructure management capabilities

7.1 Infrastructure management

7.2 Automation

7.2.1 Availability (business resilience)

7.2.2 Security

7.2.3 Optimization.

7.2.4 Provisioning

7.2.5 Orchestration

7.2.6 Business service management

7.3 Virtualization

7.3.1 Resource virtualization

7.3.2 Grid computing and On Demand Business

7.3.3 Utility computing

7.4 Autonomic computing

Chapter 8. On Demand Operating Environment: architectural elements

8.1 Overview of ODOE architecture and services

8.2 Application services

8.3 Business

8.4 Business function services

8.5 Business performance management services

8.6 Business process choreography services

8.7 Business services

8.8 Common services

8.9 Development services

8.10 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

8.11 Information management services

8.11.1 Infrastructure services

8.12 Resource virtualization services

8.13 Service-level automation and orchestration services

8.14 User

8.15 User access services

8.16 User interaction services

8.17 Utility business services

Chapter 9. Security in an On Demand Business

9.1 On Demand Business and security

9.1.1 The role of security in an On Demand Business environment

9.1.2 IT Security fundamentals

9.1.3 Client pain points

9.1.4 On Demand Operating Environment client goals

9.1.5 Identify pains

9.1.6 On Demand Business security models

9.2 Standards and products

9.2.1 On Demand Business security reference architecture

9.2.2 IBM's identity management offerings

9.3 Federation for interoperable business identities

9.3.1 Federated Identity Management standards

9.4 Web services security

9.4.1 Business drivers

9.4.2 Web services security specifications

9.4.3 WS-Federation

9.4.4 Web Services Security Architecture

Chapter 10. IBM techniques for On Demand Business

10.1 IBM techniques for On Demand Business

10.1.1 Component Business Model

10.1.2 Component Infrastructure Roadmap.

10.1.3 Component Business Model for the Business of IT

10.1.4 Services Oriented Modeling and Architecture (SOMA)

Part 3 On Demand Business solutions and examples

Chapter 11. On Demand Business solutions

11.1 IBM On Demand Business and top client priorities

11.2 IBM On Demand Business solutions offerings portfolio structure

11.3 Architectural considerations for On Demand Business solutions

11.3.1 On Demand Business: approaches and solutions

11.3.2 IBM entities with ODOE selection projects

11.3.3 Starting points for On Demand Business

11.3.4 Relationships between IBM techniques for On Demand Business solutions

11.3.5 Focus: ODOE and CIR

11.3.6 CBM, CBM-BoIT, SOMA, and CIR combined

11.4 Business Solutions

11.5 Infrastructure Solutions

11.5.1 ODOE capabilities mapping on infrastructure initiatives

11.5.2 Infrastructure initiatives scenarios

11.6 How to implement an On Demand Operating Environment

11.6.1 Creating business flexibility

11.6.2 Managing the infrastructure

11.7 Virtualization engine as a solution building block / standardized bundle

11.7.1 Virtualization engine overview

11.7.2 Virtualization engine offerings

11.7.3 Storage virtualization

Chapter 12. On Demand Business solution examples

12.1 Growth through innovation

12.1.1 Improving the client experience

12.1.2 Integrating the supply chain

12.1.3 Driving product differentiation

12.1.4 Driving organizational change and employee productivity

12.2 Productivity and IT Optimization

12.2.1 Increasing business flexibility

12.2.2 Leveraging information insights

12.2.3 Simplifying/optimizing the IT environment

12.2.4 Enhancing business resilience, security, and compliance

Part 4 Solution design considerations and resources

Chapter 13. On Demand Business solution design considerations.

13.1 Understand the client's business.

Notes:

"December 2005".

"SG24-6248-02."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

939263453