An Evolution Process For Service-Oriented Systems

• Main Authors: Andrzej Zalewski, Marcin Szlenk, Szymon Kijas
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: AGH University of Science and Technology Press 2012-01-01
• Series: Computer Science
• Subjects: service-oriented architecture; service engineering process; service composition; software evolution
• Online Access: http://journals.agh.edu.pl/csci/article/download/45/34

Evolution of service-oriented systems is quite a new research area, which becomesmore and more important as engineering challenges move from enablingservice-orientation onto the maintenance and evolution of already developedservice-oriented systems. However, the development of suitable evolution processesand methodologies is still an open research problem. The evolution processpresented in this paper has been designed to address the evolution of serviceorientedsystems, which are technically built out of a set of service compositions.The presented process comprises phases and tasks compliant with ISO 20000.The underlying model of service-oriented system consisting of business processesand corresponding service composition models has also been presented. A traceabilitymodel and tools supporting change impact analysis have also beenprovisioned for. Preliminary industrial validation indicates that the evolutionprocess should be easy to adapt by the industry.