| Title: |
The SOA LifeCycle |
| Author: |
Richard Veryard |
| Publication Date: |
13 August 2004 |
| Report Type: |
Journal |
| Report Class: |
Best Practice |
| Abstract: |
If we listen uncritically to the hype about Web Services we might be persuaded that loose coupling allows instant business flexibility. But mature organizations understand that new technology and particularly new practice must be implemented as an increment on existing practices. This is particularly relevant to the area of asset and change management. In this report we discuss the extent to which the lifecycle of services differs from the conventional software lifecycle. We consider to what extent the lifecycle of services looks different from the supply side and from the consumer side? What opportunities are there for automating and integrating service lifecycle management? What is the role of standards here? What new management capabilities are created by new mechanisms of lifecycle management (currently and in the near future)? What can we now do differently, and what should we expect to be able to do differently in future? How does this all look from a business perspective? |
| Backgrounder: |
There is a growing consensus among SOA vendors that service lifecycle management is an important issue. Some vendors have noted that the people consuming services seem to take service management more seriously than the people producing services do - especially in an outsourcing context, presumably because the very action of outsourcing responsibility concentrates the mind wonderfully. |
| Report Size: |
8 Pages |
| Report Access Type: |
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