Service-Oriented Life Cycle Modeling: The Shift from Web Services to Enterprise Services

The discontent over the limited capability of Web services to reflect the organizationpsilas business model, and efficiently adhere to business strategies and requirements, caused a shift in business thinking. As a result, the enterprise has been recognizing the need for a more generalized model for services. This trend introduced a more abstracted notion of a service: a ldquometa-servicerdquo that can better explain business imperatives, foster business reuse, reduce time-to-market, and encourage asset consolidation across the enterprise. The recently published book which is also the base for this discussion: ldquoservice-oriented modeling: service analysis, design, and architecturerdquo provides answers to these organizational concerns.