Prescribing a software architecture for implementing service integration

A computer system comprising:

• a central processing unit (CPU);
• a memory coupled to the CPU;
• a computer-readable, tangible storage device coupled to the CPU, the storage device including instructions that when executed by the CPU via the memory implement a method of prescribing a first software architecture to implement an integration of plurality of services, the method comprising the steps of:
• the computer system determining first products resulting from multiplying a first weight of a first software architecture by weights of first requirements satisfied by a first set of responses associated with the first software architecture;
• the computer system determining second products resulting from multiplying a second weight of a second software architecture by weights of second requirements satisfied by a second set of responses associated with the second software architecture, the first and second requirements including functional requirements of a service included in the plurality of services and further including non-functional requirements of the service;
• the computer system determining a first summation by summing the first products;
• the computer system determining a second summation by summing the second products;
• the computer system determining the first summation is greater than the second summation;
• and
• based on the first summation of the first products resulting from multiplying the first weight of the first software architecture by the weights of the first requirements satisfied by the first set of responses associated with the first software architecture being greater than the second summation of the second products resulting from multiplying the second weight of the second software architecture by the weights of the second requirements satisfied by the second set of responses associated with the second software architecture, the computer system selecting and prescribing the first software architecture instead of the second software architecture to realize the service in an implementation of the integration of the plurality of services.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer-readable, tangible storage device;
• and
• a computer-readable program code stored on the computer-readable, tangible storage device, the computer-readable program code containing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer system, implement a method of prescribing a first software architecture to implement an integration of plurality of services, the method comprising the steps of:
• the computer system determining first products resulting from multiplying a first weight of a first software architecture by weights of first requirements satisfied by a first set of responses associated with the first software architecture;
• the computer system determining second products resulting from multiplying a second weight of a second software architecture by weights of second requirements satisfied by a second set of responses associated with the second software architecture, the first and second requirements including functional requirements of a service included in the plurality of services and further including non-functional requirements of the service;
• the computer system determining a first summation by summing the first products;
• the computer system determining a second summation by summing the second products;
• the computer system determining the first summation is greater than the second summation;
• and
• based on the first summation of the first products resulting from multiplying the first weight of the first software architecture by the weights of the first requirements satisfied by the first set of responses associated with the first software architecture being greater than the second summation of the second products resulting from multiplying the second weight of the second software architecture by the weights of the second requirements satisfied by the second set of responses associated with the second software architecture, the computer system selecting and prescribing the first software architecture instead of the second software architecture to realize the service in an implementation of the integration of the plurality of services.

A process for supporting computing infrastructure, the process comprising:

• a first computer system providing at least one support service for at least one of creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and deploying computer-readable code in a second computer system comprising a processor, wherein the processor carries out instructions of the code to cause the second computer system to specify a method of prescribing a first software architecture to implement an integration of plurality of services, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
• the second computer system determining first products resulting from multiplying a first weight of a first software architecture by weights of first requirements satisfied by a first set of responses associated with the first software architecture;
• the second computer system determining second products resulting from multiplying a second weight of a second software architecture by weights of second requirements satisfied by a second set of responses associated with the second software architecture, the first and second requirements including functional requirements of a service included in the plurality of services and further including non-functional requirements of the service;
• the second computer system determining a first summation by summing the first products;
• the second computer system determining a second summation by summing the second products;
• the second computer system determining the first summation is greater than the second summation;
• and
• based on the first summation of the first products resulting from multiplying the first weight of the first software architecture by the weights of the first requirements satisfied by the first set of responses associated with the first software architecture being greater than the second summation of the second products resulting from multiplying the second weight of the second software architecture by the weights of the second requirements satisfied by the second set of responses associated with the second software architecture, the second computer system selecting and prescribing the first software architecture instead of the second software architecture to realize the service in an implementation of the integration of the plurality of services.