Architecting with RM-ODP Review

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(More customer reviews)Reference Model of Open Distributed Processing
Wow. In a word. This is the definitive source on comprehending the RM-ODP specifications. If you are a Software Architect and are considering the RM-ODP school - this is the book for you.
I have only just completed my first pass through this 800+ page guide/tutorial/reference and know that I will have to pass through it several times again.
The preface to this work quotes Aristotle "To understand anything, you should not try to understand everything". Use this as your guide in plunging through the depths of this work. Operate under the assumption, as I did, that you will either comprehend it on the next pass or it will be referenced again later in the work.
The task Janis Putman must have set for herself in shedding more than light: clarity - on the subject of RM-ODP, had to have been daunting.
She succeeds! Filled to the brim with diagrams, cross-references, different views into the work - this is worth every penny if RM-ODP means anything in your life. If you are involved in distributed system development - you must have this book.
If you have tried to comprehend the RM-ODP specification on your own - stop! I attempted that myself and got somewhere into the middle of it before I lost the threads I was following. This Book will pull it all together for you.
My review at this time is twofold: Relief I made it through the experience and Joy that the trip was worth the time to go from cover to cover.

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RM-ODP defines and resolves many of the challenges faced by systems architects and engineers architecting a distributed computing system, large or small. This ISO standard offers powerful solutions to complex structural and semantic issues while encouraging cost-effectiveness and reusability. Architecting with RM-ODP is a complete guide to the International Standard for software architecture of distributed systems. This book identifies the available tools that currently support RM-ODP, and paves the way for new tools that are under development in the vendor community. It also covers: *Software architecture specification in an object world *Complete guide to the International Standard Reference Model of Open Distributed Processing (RM-ODP) *Enterprise-wide as well as component architecture *Applications for business, government, and university research Architecting with RM-ODP provides a best-practice approach to the creation of an architectural specification using both current practices and RM-ODP.A pair of real-life case studies uniquely illustrates the principles of project development as they teach: *Creating specifications at the appropriate level of detail *Relating business needs to architectural specification *Ensuring conformance of the implementation to the specified architecture *Identifying ways of specifying semantic behavior Systems architects, engineers, developers, program managers, and researchers will all find this definitive book an invaluable guide to the standard and its use in architecting a distributed system, testing that system, and choosing technologies for implementation that adhere to the business rules.

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