Users, tasks, and tools for composite applications

Preview how users in enterprise might use various tools to perform tasks for delivering composite applications, application components, and application templates.

The following table summarizes, for each type of user, the tasks performed and the tools used in creating, customizing, deploying, and managing application templates and composite applications for business users.

Table 1. Composite Application Users, Tasks, Tools, and Deliverables

Users Tasks Tools Deliverables
Component developer Develop components, which can be integrated into applications and templates. Any application development tool of choice, for example:

  • IBMRationalApplication Developer

  • IBM Portal Toolkit

  • IBM WebSpherePortlet Factory

Application components
Business analyst, application designer, application manager Create templates, which integrate existing components. Templates are used to create composite applications. IBM WebSphere Portal

Application templates

Composite applications

User interface designer Work with the developers to design the application content and page layouts that the templates define for composite applications. Portlets for editing templates and applications: Properties, Layout, Parameters, and Roles. Application templates

Composite applications

Deployer Deploy the appropriate EAR and WAR files of the components, needed by application templates. Only the components already deployed can be assembled into a template and instantiated from a template into a composite application. IBM WAS console Available components for use with application templates and composite applications
Application owner

May be a business analyst, application designer, or application manager.

Create composite application instances from application templates.

May also create application templates.

Create and manage policies for composite applications. This responsibility might be shared with, or owned by, the portal administrator.

IBM WebSphere Portal

Applications for individuals and teams

Policies for applications

Business user of applications Use personal and team applications and components for accomplishing business and community objectives. IBM WebSphere Portal

Composite applications and their components

Business or community deliverables


Parent

Work with composite applications
User access to templates and applications

 


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