Service- And Component-Based Development: Using the Select Perspective and UML

This book presents the approaches and practices for the construction of software systems using Select Perspective.  It details the key workflows for a contemporary approach to supplying, managing, and consuming software assets to deliver business IT systems. This book provides a comprehensive development lifecycle (Select Perspective) for component and web service based IT solutions, that supports parallel development activities, to reduce time-to-market. It introduces the Select Perspective as a Supply, Manage, Consume software development process. It provides a real world project experience and examples. Technology:   Unlike other development processes, Select Perspective is focused on a small number of key deliverables within an organizational framework of suppliers and consumers, of solution driven components.   Audience: For CIOs, IT Directors, Project Managers, and solution developers. Level Intermediate. Hedley Apperly is Vice President, Product Marketing and Development with Aonix Hedley has graduate and post-graduate qualifications in production engineering, business computing and strategic marketing. His 19 years experience in IT, have focused on the design and development of relational, object-oriented and component-bases systems. He is also a committee member of the British Computer Societies (BCS), Object-Oriented Programming and Systems (OOPS) specialist group. As well as his involvement Component Based Development for Enterprise Systems, published by Cambridge University Press, Hedley co-authored Component Based Software Engineering; Putting the Pieces Together, published by Addison Wesley.   Ralph Hofman works in Manager Services (Benelux) at Aonix.  Ralph studied computer science at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. He started as a freelance consultant for different companies and specialized in methods and tools for system development. Ralph initiated component-based development as a way of working within a major international Bank. He joined Aonix in 2000, where he is responsible for the consultancy and services in the Benelux. Steve Latchem is Director of International Services with Aonix.  Steve has been within the IT industry for over 18 years, holding positions in large consultancy groups and IT Departments ranging from business analyst to object oriented consultant, architect and project manager. Steve now directs the global professional services group at Aonix. Steve collaborated on AntiPatterns: Refactoring Software & Projects in Crisis and co-authored Component Based Software Engineering; Putting the Pieces Together, published by Addison Wesley.   Barry Maybank is Principal Consultant with Aonix.   Barry  has been within the IT industry for over 17 years, holding positions in consultancy groups, IT Product Companies and Engineering companies with roles ranging from software engineer to architect.   Barry McGibbon is Associate Consultant with Aonix.  Barry  has worked in the IT industry for over 35 years, holding very senior management positions with leading computing services providers. He has been involved in component-based development initiatives for significant enterprises in the UK and Europe. As well as a frequent contributor to major journals, he is author of Managing Your Move To Object Technology: Guidelines & Strategies for a Smooth Transition published by SIGS Books Inc. He is also Technical Chair for Europe's largest CBD/OO conference and a series editor for Cambridge University Press.   David Piper is a Principal Consultant with Aonix.  D