Governing Realizing Services In A Service Oriented Architecture

A service for governing realizing services in a Service Oriented Architecture (‘SOA’), the method

• allocating services in the preliminary service model (704) to service components;
• allocating service components to service layers in the preliminary SOA service architecture;
• if the service components and the services allocated to the service components are technically feasible in the layers of the preliminary SOA architecture to which they are allocated, updating the service model;
• if the updated service model meets predetermined SOA compliance requirements, communicating the SOA compliant updated service model to relevant stakeholders in the SOA.

A system of governing realizing services in a Service Oriented Architecture (‘SOA’), the system

• means for receiving a preliminary service model and a preliminary SOA service architecture;
• means for allocating services in the preliminary service model (704) to service components;
• means for allocating service components to service layers in the preliminary SOA service architecture;
• means for determining whether the service components and the services allocated to the service components are technically feasible in the layers of the preliminary SOA architecture to which they are allocated;
• means for updating the service model if the service components and the services allocated to the service components are technically feasible in the layers of the preliminary SOA architecture to which they are allocated,
• means for determining whether the technically feasible updated service model meets predetermined SOA compliance requirements;
• means for communicating the SOA compliant updated service model to relevant stakeholders in the SOA if the updated service model meets predetermined SOA compliance requirements.