Business-driven SOA solution development

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a promising architectural style for creating enterprise information systems where multiple actors collaborate to define and develop business solutions that are composed of business services. The SOA approach enables both robust component development and asset creation for the enterprises. However, the real challenge faced by business lies in the area of SOA governance where the development of business and technical services are guided in a systematic and rational fashion. This paper presents a business-driven analysis method for business service development in the context of SOA. Business services have to be analyzed to guarantee their behaviors before they can be ready for implementation. We are using the System Dynamics method to model services and simulate their behaviors. Models and simulation results for business services via system dynamics are also presented in this paper. © 2007 IEEE.