A Methodology for Dynamic Service Composition

Much work has been done in the area of Service- centric Software Engineering and Service oriented Architectures (SOA). However, comprehensive guidance on how to compose dynamic and context- aware services in order to be able to self-adapt and self-configure at run-time is rarely given. This paper provides such guidance in the form of an ISO/IEC 24744-based methodology, which includes the work that is expected to be performed (by people and by machines), the products to be involved, and the agents that participate. By using this methodology, Service- centric Software Engineering approaches can come closer to delivering tangible results.