Chapter 6. Business Process Orchestration for SOA

When discussing SOA, we need to understand its true value to the organization. Whether the service is basic or composite, its relevance is in its capability to support the business processes of the organization, and in turn help the organization to achieve its objectives. If we take a top-down view, our business processes are the main motivation behind creating a robust SOA infrastructure. SOA's main motivation is to provide a backbone for an organization's business processes.

This chapter discusses the concept of orchestrating business processes from SOA's perspective. We will introduce some core BPM concepts and collaborative technologies that add value in any BPM lead SOA initiatives.

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