Using Existing Software Assets in SOA Design

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a business-driven IT architecture that is based on services (repeatable business tasks). The move to SOA is performed evolutionarily in most companies and public organizations. Therefore, identifying and leveraging software assets from existing applications or packages has become a key task in SOA design. This paper summarizes major practical requirements from SOA projects and provides an overview of method imperatives that address the requirements. Tool functions that support these imperatives conclude this overview.