IBM SOA Quality Management

SOA Quality Management (SOA-QM) is an aspect of IBM SOA Governance; IBM sees SOA-QM as the way get business and IT working together to make IT align with the business (a key goal of SOA).

Here's the definition:

SOA-QM is part of each phase of the SOA Lifecycle: Model, Assemble, Deploy, and Manage.

Products

Rational has two new products specifically for SOA-QM:

• Rational Tester for SOA Quality
• Rational Performance Tester Extension for SOA Quality

In additional, many IBM SOA products have QM uses:

• Websphere Business Modeler
• Websphere Integration Developer
• Rational Software Architect
• WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
• Rational ClearQuest
• Tivoli Composite Application Monitor (ITCAM)

Resources

Here's where you can learn more:

• New IBM Software Portfolio to Help Customers Ensure Quality of Service Oriented Architectures (IBM press release)
• Enhancing SOA Governance and Service Lifecycle Management with SOA Quality Management
• IBM quality management (Rational)
• "Bobby Woolf on SOA quality management" (developerWorks podcast)
• "Testing SOA Applications with IBM Rational Quality Management Solutions" (webcast)
• "Quality governance for software organizations" (developerWorks article)
• IBM Rational Quality Management (Rational)
• Quality Management - A Strategic Business Advantage (Rational white paper)

Industry commentary:

• "IBM tools aim to extend SOA quality management" (Computer World)
• "IBM expands SOA-related software portfolio" (eChannel Line)
• "IBM unveils new Rational test tools for SOA quality" (Search Web Services)