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Abstract
Taming the SOA Beast
Your CFO would laugh at the thought of waiting for an auditor to determine
whether the books had any errors. Rather, he would ensure that the company
had policies and procedures for vetting and then correcting errors long
before the audit. If the CFO did not have this, he would go to jail.
Why, then, do so many software development teams wait for QA to identify
the errors in their software? Since today's complex SOA applications are
becoming increasingly difficult to test at the application level, leaving
the burden of testing to QA is inefficient and ineffective. Consequently,
applications are released without understanding what defects they include
and what impact they will have.
On the other hand, some teams diligently perform developer testing, but
don’t effectively validate the application’s high level functionality. As
a result, they can’t be confident that the complex and distributed
cmponents which comprise a SOA application work together to satisfy the
expected business requirements.
A more effective approach advocates enabling quality as a continuous
process across the SDLC. Using this approach, developers identify and
eliminate errors upon introduction, and QA testers or business analysts
focus on validating end-to-end business scenarios. This entire process is
supported and unified by an infrastructure that automates repetitive
tasks, tracks project status, and provides instant access to the
information needed for smart decision making and process improvement.
This presentation explores why such an approach is necessary, how it
addresses today’s most pressing SOA development concerns, and how to best
introduce it into your own development group.
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About the Speaker
Tom Zauli
Mr. Tom Zauli is currently a Regional Director at Parasoft Corp.
managing field operations in the Northeast Quadrant of the US and Eastern
Canada. His responsibilities include management of P&L for the region
including continued, profitable growth of top-line revenue, hiring and
recruitment, regional strategy and execution including evolution of the
business and technical processes used within the region, and direct and
indirect management of top-tier accounts, primarily in the Financial,
Insurance and Healthcare verticals.
Prior to joining Parasoft Tom worked for start-up companies in the
simulation modeling and software development markets in various technical
and business aspects including consulting, sales, and field management. He
is a graduate of General Electric’s Edison Engineering program, Advanced
courses in Engineering, and Business Management training programs.
Tom obtained a Master’s of Engineering and Bachelors of Science in
Electrical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute concentrating
in real-time communication systems and protocols, and image processing.
Undergraduate research concentrating on analysis of bit-error defects, and
signal to noise differences in fiber optic communication systems. Graduate
research focused on the application of internet protocols to real-time,
embedded systems. He holds a US Patent related to techniques for
automating the data collection and filtration processes supporting
simulation models of complex, n-tier information systems.
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