Service level agreement translation for service oriented systems

A method for conducting a business impact analysis for a service oriented architecture (SOA) that includes a plurality of processes and services, the method comprising:

• generating a first impact table for a first process and a second impact table for a second process;
• generating a service impact table for a top-level service by merging the first impact table and the second impact table, the top-level service including the first process and the second process, each of the first impact table, the second impact table and the service impact table having at least one time interval and at least one impact category;
• generating a dependency model arranging the plurality of services with dependency links, at least one service of the dependency model being annotated with risk information associated with the at least one service;
• receiving a selected service level agreement, the selected service level agreement including at least time constraint information;
• converting the service impact table, the dependency model, and the selected service level agreement into a Behavior Analysis Model (BEAM) using defined transformation patterns, the BEAM including different simulation patterns corresponding to the time constraint information of the selected service level agreement, the service impact table, the risk information, and the dependency model, respectively;
• activating the simulation patterns over a period of time including determining one or more violations for the at least one service for the selected service level agreement;
• and
• classifying the selected service level agreement based on the one or more violations.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed cause one or more processors to perform a process, the instructions comprising instructions to:

• generate a first impact table for a first process and a second impact table for a second process;
• generate a service impact table for a top-level service by merging the first impact table and the second impact table, the top-level service including the first process and the second process, each of the first impact table, the second impact table and the service impact table having at least one time interval and at least one impact category;
• generate a dependency model arranging the plurality of services with dependency links, at least one service of the dependency model being annotated with risk information associated with the at least one service;
• receive a selected service level agreement, the selected service level agreement including at least time constraint information;
• convert the service impact table, the dependency model, and the selected service level agreement into a petri-Net model using defined transformation patterns, the BEAM including different simulation patterns corresponding to the time constraint information of the selected service level agreement, the service impact table, the risk information, and the dependency model, respectively;
• simulate the petri-Net model over a period of time including determining one or more violations for the at least one service for the selected service level agreement;
• and
• classify the selected service level agreement based on the one or more violations.