Requirements Modelling and Specification for Service Oriented Architecture

by Ian Graham

Many software developers often confuse requirements engineering with software specification and, as a result, build unusable systems, despite meeting specifications. Bringing together all the techniques needed by the modern software developer, here is a practical handbook to requirements engineering and systems specification for developers building systems within a service oriented architecture. It introduces the concepts of SOA and relevant standards and technology, such as Web services and ESBs, and then presents a range of modern requirements engineering techniques.

320 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 20, 2008

About the author

After working as an in-house journalist and editor in consumer electronics magazines, Ian Graham became a freelance writer. He has written more than 230 illustrated non-fiction books for children and teens, and contributed chapters to books including Dorling Kindersley’s Know it All and Big Ideas that Changed the World. He has a degree in applied physics and a postgraduate diploma in journalism.

Reviews

[Torben Rasmussen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite descent introduction to modelling of SOA and related concepts like business rules, business processes etc. It is a mixed bag however, some chapter are really good, but there are also chapters which are mostly listing and citing references to other's work. I especially liked the chapters on requirements elicitation and use cases as well as the chapter on business rules.