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London Underground. LU, SOA and OBA. Marc Holmes Architect Developer and Platform Evangelis m marc.holmes@microsoft.com. Context. Underground Statistics
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LU, SOA and OBA Marc Holmes Architect Developer and Platform Evangelism marc.holmes@microsoft.com
Context • Underground Statistics • 13 lines, over 408km of track, 275 Stations, 16,000 staff, 971 Million passenger Journeys a year, recently completed record numbers of journeys in one day of 4 million. • London Underground IM Solutions Development • Produce, Maintain and Support Software for Operational Railway. • 60+ applications in production. • Covering areas like; Crew Management, Real-Time Train Movements, Engineering Planning, Contract and Asset Management. • Portfolio Structure • AEP (Assets/Engineering/PPP Contracts) • MI (Management Information) • Call Centers & Scheduling • RTI (Real Time Information) Portfolio
Context • Enterprise Framework • Architectural building blocks to application development • Lifecycle Tools • VS Team Suite, Expression Blend, IBM Rational Suite • SOA • Large Investment in Services • Messaging (Middleware) • SharePoint 2003 Portal - HeartBeat Publisher • Multiple apps, Single point of entry, familiar interface • Each app unique, minimal Interaction between apps • Large maintenance costs
Summary • Great SOA Implementation • Rapid Application Development • Appropriate Technologies • WPF – Geographic Data Visualisation • Excel – Data Interaction • MOSS – KPI and Dashboarding • Case study: • http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000061
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