The document discusses the challenges of testing applications built using a service-oriented architecture (SOA). It outlines an example SOA implementation for an online loan system. The main challenges of SOA testing include changes to test scope, team composition and skills required. It proposes a test strategy that takes a top-down design approach and bottom-up execution approach starting at the individual service level. A variety of testing types and tools are also discussed to address challenges in functional, performance, security, integration and interoperability testing for SOA applications.

2. Addressing the Challenges of Testing SOA based Applications Neil Pandit 19 th March 2008

5. An Example SOA Implementation – On-Line Loan System Customer User Business Process Customer DB Web Services 3 rd party Credit Check Financial Adviser Login Credit check loan quote Quotes Customer Validation loan quote Credit check Mainframe Legacy / 3 rd Party Internet Internet

9. Test Organisation