Operational model creation from SOA solution architecture

A method for the creation of an operational model from a service oriented architecture (SOA) solution architecture comprising:

• selecting at least one SOA solution architecture model from a plurality of SOA solution architecture models wherein the selected SOA solution architecture model includes a plurality of layers;
• retrieving a plurality of layers according to the SOA solution architecture model;
• retrieving a plurality of SOA model elements corresponding to the plurality of layers;
• searching for an operational model element type corresponding to each of the plurality of SOA model elements resulting in a plurality of operational model element types and reading the plurality of operational model element types to map the plurality of SOA model elements to the plurality of operational model element types wherein each of the operational model element types comprises a generic software product;
• reading technical environment information including hardware, operating system and software product requirements for the plurality of operational model element types to identify a specific software product for the generic software product for each of the plurality of operational model element type;
• creating operational model elements corresponding to the plurality of SOA model elements from the plurality of operational model element types with the technical environment information including hardware, operating system and software product requirements wherein the operational model elements comprise hardware products having the hardware, operating system and specific software product requirements identified for the operational model element types;
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• generating an operational model from the operational model elements including the specific hardware and software infrastructure required to deploy the SOA solution architecture model;
• wherein the method is performed on one or more computing devices.

A non-transitory computer program product for creation of an operational model from a service oriented architecture (SOA) solution architecture, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
• (a) computer readable program code configured to select at least one SOA solution architecture model from a plurality of SOA solution architecture models wherein the selected SOA solution architecture model includes a plurality of layers;
• (b) computer readable program code configured to retrieve at least one layer according to the SOA solution architecture model;
• (c) computer readable program code configured to retrieve at least one SOA model element corresponding to the at least one layer;
• (d) computer readable program code configured to search for an operational model element type for the at least one SOA model element and read the operational model element type to map the SOA model element to the operational model element type wherein the operational model element type comprises a generic software product;
• (e) computer readable program code configured to read a-technical environment information including hardware, operating system and software product requirements for the operational model element type to identify a specific software product for the generic software product for the operational model element type;
• (f) computer readable program code configured to create an operational model element with the technical environment information including hardware, operating system and software product requirements wherein the operational model element comprises a hardware product having the hardware, operating system and specific software product requirements identified for the operational model element type;
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• (g) computer readable program code configured to generate an operational model from the operational model element including the specific hardware and software infrastructure required to deploy the SOA solution architecture model.