Implement Your ESB Using a Stepwise Approach
Bring order to the chaos of your system traffic to share, organize, and monetize your data.
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Please note that the content on this page is retired. This content is not maintained and may contain information or links that are out of date.Due to application proliferation, organizations today are having trouble integrating an increasing amount of data between siloed business unit applications.
- This creates frustrations not only for IT, where a complex integration environment complicates its ability to support the business, but it can slow the speed of business, impacting the bottom-line and profitability.
- The ESB market is a crowded space, with differentiation focused around architecture and deployment models rather than out-of-the-box functionality.
- A lack of planning ahead, standardization, the ability to adapt to changing needs, and knowledge of the business can all lead to ineffective implementation of your chosen ESB solution.
With the increasing focus on SOA, and the growing connectivity and messaging requirements expressed by the business, IT departments require an integration solution that is scalable and highly flexible such as the ESB.
- The ESB implementation project helps our clients to prepare for the ESB implementation, to implement the selected ESB platform, and to test and sustain the ESB solution.
- An ESB implementation plan will be created to guide implementation effort and to plan for an ESB proof-of-concept project. An ESB architecture will be designed to support the implementation.
- Finally, a test plan will be established to test the implementation holistically. By doing so, the ESB will lead to cost reduction by aligning data and services, increasing security, and creating an IT environment that is easier to support and maintain.
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Onsite Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn’t enough, we offer low-cost onsite delivery of our Project Workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a road map in place to complete your project successfully.
Module 1: Stage the Environment for the ESB
The Purpose
- Develop a foundation of knowledge regarding the ESB and what it takes to be ready to start the project, as well as the estimated return on investment for the project.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Clear objectives of the ESB project, as well as tools for communicating the benefits of the ESB to secure sustained buy-in from management.
- Gain knowledge of how the ESB can benefit both IT and the business.
- Understand the critical aspects of an organization that need to be in place before starting to implement the ESB, and strategies to become ready if these aspects are not in place already.
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| 1.1 | Facilitate activities from Phase 1 including project scoping, ROI calculations, and resource planning. |
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| 1.2 | Begin conducting an inventory of the organization’s integration environment. |
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| 1.3 | Map integration scenarios. |
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| 1.4 | Meet with system and data owners to discuss pertinent implementation details and get them on board. |
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Module 2: Architect and Plan Your ESB Pilot Project
The Purpose
- Create a plan for the pilot project, which will help you to start with a more realistic scope of implementation and achieve quick wins.
- Choose systems that will most benefit from being a part of the pilot project.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Having a fully scoped implementation and test plan for the pilot ESB will ensure that the greatest benefit for the least risk is achieved.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Document the architecture environment. |
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| 2.2 | Make critical architecture decisions. Identify the systems that will be the first to be a part of the ESB solution as a pilot. |
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| 2.3 | Begin creating the ESB implementation plan. |
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| 2.4 | Document high-level solution requirements and complete the pilot implementation and test plans. |
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Module 3: Architect and Plan Your ESB Solution
The Purpose
- Determine a strategic plan that outlines the key steps required to implement the full ESB solution.
- Determine timing of system onboarding.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Establish a clear plan for the ESB solution.
- Build a step-by-step outline of how to effectively implement the ESB.
- Have prioritized initiatives with dependencies mapped out.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Produce detailed plans regarding the full implementation of the ESB after the pilot, including a system onboarding roadmap. |
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| 3.2 | Review testing principles and procedures that will ensure that the ESB is providing the expected ROI. |
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Module 4: Set up an Effective SOA Governance Program
The Purpose
- Identify the roles required for effective SOA governance.
- Understand how to set up an integration CoE and how to integrate ESB governance bodies with existing data governance bodies.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Without effective governance and controls of the ESB integration solution, the project could end up providing less value than promised.
- Proper oversight of the solution will ensure that the technology provides the business with the data it needs.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 4.1 | Identify and begin to create the relative policies and procedures for effective governance of the ESB. |
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| 4.2 | Meet with the project manager to discuss results and action items. |
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| 4.3 | Wrap up outstanding items from the workshop. |
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