BPEL Cookbook: Best Practices for SOA-based integration and composite applications development: Ten practical real-world case studies combining business … management and web services orchestration

Product Description
Ten practical real-world case studies combining business process management and web services orchestration

• Real-world BPEL recipes for SOA integration and Composite Application development
• Combining business process management and web services orchestration
• Techniques and best practices with downloadable code samples from ten real-world case studies

In Detail
Service Oriented Architecture is generating a buzz across the whole IT industry. Propelled by standards-based technologies like XML, Web Services, and SOAP, SOA is quickly moving from pilot projects to mainstream applications critical to business operations. One of the key standards accelerating the adoption of SOA is Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL).

BPEL was created to enable effective composition of web services in a service-oriented environment. In the past two years, BPEL has become the most significant standard to elevate the visibility of SOA from IT to business level. BPEL is not only commoditizing the integration market, but it is also offering organizations a whole new level of agility – ability to rapidly change applications in response to the changing business landscape. BPEL enables organizations to automate their business processes by orchestrating services within and across the firewall. It forces organizations to think in terms of services. Existing functionality is exposed as services. New applications are composed using services. Communication with external vendors and partners is through services. Services are reused across different applications. Services are, or should be, everywhere!

What you will learn from this book?

In the Packt book Business Process Execution Language for Web Services by Matjaz Juric, we learnt about the building blocks and how these technologies could be used to build a simple SOA solution. As organizations increase their SOA footprint, IT Managers, Architects, and developers are starting to realize that the impact of SOA on IT and business operations can be immense. After having gained confidence with web services, they want to take it to the next level. However, adopters are challenged with some basic questions – How do I SOA-enable my existing integration investment? Can I build flexible and agile business processes? How can I administer my SOA environment without spending a fortune? There have been various best practices defined around SOA, but to date these have been somewhat abstract and lacking a real-world basis. The IT community is looking for real-world examples; examples of how other companies are embarking on an SOA initiative and how to apply that industry learning to their own projects.

What makes this a Cookbook? After you have been exposed to the different ingredients (BPEL, WSDL, and web services), this book takes the adventure to the next level by helping you cook new recipes (SOA applications) using efficient kitchen techniques (best practices). 10 SOA practitioners have gotten together to share their SOA best practices and provide practical viewpoints to tackle many of the common problems SOA promises to solve. Their recommendations are based on projects in production; their existing projects could be your next ones. Through this process you’ll learn the techniques and gain the confidence to create and deliver the recipe that’s right for your particular situation.

Who this book is written for?

This book is aimed at architects and developers building applications in Service Oriented Architecture. The book presumes knowledge of BPEL, SOA, XML, web services, and multi-tier architectures.

BPEL Cookbook: Best Practices for SOA-based integration and composite applications development: Ten practical real-world case studies combining business … management and web services orchestration

Netflix- Sr. Business Systems Analyst

The Business systems analyst will be working with Finance department and Engineers in the Applications development and Business intelligence teams. At High level the analyst will be responsible for analyzing the business needs of the Finance / Operations team and stakeholders to help identify the business problems formulate and scope the process and partner with engineering team to provide solutions. Employee must act as the liaison between the business side of the Netflix and the providers of services to the enterprise. Employee must have a good understanding of Procure2Pay,Order management, financial reporting and IT standards. Fixed Assets, financials (GL/AP/AR/CM/FA) would be an advantage. Devices and modifies the procedures to solve complex business problems considering system capacity , systems limitations, operating time and desired needs of the user. Competent to work at the highest technical level of most phases on systems analysis, while conducting the business implications of information technology, as applied to current and future business needs.
Responsibilities include but not limited to:

Provide guidance to stakeholders on devising effective and efficient approaches to achieve the project objectives and improve business process.
Develops documentation of business and user needs, and systems requirement specifications.
Set up and configure Oracle E-business suite 11i P2P, FND, AR, AP,GL,FA, Cash management, Workflow modules & Oracle Alerts
Accounting hierarchy set ups, document and reconcile accounting entries from GL to sub ledgers.
Act as the functional expert and work with engineering team to implement interfaces to oracle ERP via standard interfaces as well as adapters.
Develop report specifications.
Prepares and drives work project plans.
Participates in design, acceptance testing, and implementation of information systems.
Experience & Competencies:

Required:

8+ knowledge in Oracle E-Business suite and at least 2 years of that in version 11.5.10
Strong accounting expertise with accruals, depreciation, amortization, IFRS functionality.
Strong understanding of Oracle Applications structure, interfaces and using SQL to navigate through the data.
Has worked with Multi Org, Multi currency set ups.
5+ years of knowledge and experience in general business practices and procedures.
5+ years of knowledge and experience in the use of techniques for business process analysis and systems design.
Strong knowledge of Procure2Pay, GL, Cash management Fixed assets.
Strong understanding of financial reporting and Enterprise planning and budgeting.
Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals or technical procedures.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, clients, engineers and customers.
Ability to think logically in solving problems and to present recommendations in a clear & concise form.
Nice To Have:

Oracle FSG Reports and ADI.
Oracle Applications R12.
Good knowledge of working with Fusion Middleware, BPEL processes etc.
Education:

CPA / MBA (Finance) or equivalent.

Characteristics of Success at Netflix:

Strong customer orientation, both internally and externally.
Strategic thinking both technically and business wise.
Ability to execute successfully on business strategy.
Flexibility to shift priorities based on changing business needs
Self motivated, curious, responsible and flexible
Desire to work in a fast paced, evolving & dynamic environment.
Ability to work in a team environment without letting your ego get in the way.
High level of integrity and ethics.
For quick consideration