Handbook

This subject aims to provide students with a thorough understanding of the software engineering aspects of the increasingly important service-oriented computing paradigm. Topics covered include service-oriented architectures, service modeling and requirements analysis, service semantics, service discovery, service design, service composition, service inter-operation, QoS factors, service-level agreement management, business process modeling and management, lifecycle management, compliance management, distributed transaction management, privacy and trust. The subject will involve industry guest lectures and a practical development project.