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Tables of Contents for Developing E-Business Systems & Architectures
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
Ed Yourdon
Preface
xvii
The E-Business Challenge
1
20
Toys R Us
2
6
Charles Schwab
8
2
Citigroup and World Banking
10
3
Automakers and Their Parts Suppliers
13
5
Summary
18
3
Developing an E-Business Strategy
21
26
Defining a Strategy
23
2
Porter's Model of Competition
25
4
Industries, Products, and Value Propositions
29
1
Strategies for Competing
30
2
An E-Business Strategy
32
1
Developing Your Strategy
33
5
The Classic Model of Competition
38
6
Summary
44
3
Redesigning Business Processes for E-Business
47
36
Transitioning to an E-Business
48
2
Business Process Reengineering
50
8
BPR for E-Business
58
2
Converting to an E-Business
60
4
The New Role of the Customer
64
4
Changing Business Processes for the Web
68
13
Summary
81
2
E-Business Applications
83
26
The Challenges of the E-Business Environment
84
10
Enterprise Application Requirements
94
7
Types of E-Business Applications
101
7
Summary
108
1
Components
109
32
What Is a Business Component?
111
7
Client Components
118
7
Server Components
125
2
Container Viewpoint
127
2
Application Servers as Containers
129
3
Business Viewpoint
132
2
Packaging Viewpoint
134
2
Server Component Models
136
3
Abstract and Implementation Component Models
139
1
Summary
140
1
An Enterprise Component Architecture
141
28
What Is an Architecture?
142
2
A Component Architecture
144
4
The Architecture Development Process
148
4
The Technical Architecture
152
15
Summary
167
2
Implementing a Component Architecture
169
28
The Component Factory
170
2
The Component Model
172
1
Interface Design Considerations
173
3
Other Component Design Considerations
176
3
State Management
179
1
Transaction Models
180
3
Component Usage Models
183
2
Fundamental Interface Design Patterns
185
3
Application Scenarios
188
7
Summary
195
2
Managing the Transition to an E-Business
197
30
Types of Transitions
199
2
An Overview
201
3
A Transition Plan
204
3
Phase 1: Initiation
207
7
Phase 2: Pilot Application Development
214
6
Phase 3: Organizational Conversion
220
3
Phase 4: Continuation
223
1
Summary
223
4
Retooling for the Internet Age
227
18
The Business Challenge
232
1
Changing Software Strategies
233
2
A Journey of a Thousand Miles
235
1
Flipping Channels
236
3
Expanding the Transition
239
3
The Home Stretch
242
1
Summary
243
2
Afterword, Surviving the Transition
245
4
Glossary
249
10
Notes and References
259
4
Bibliography
263
4
Index
267