What are the major goals of the service typing and profiling process? How can they be
achieved? Here, it is necessary to accomplish two major milestones: First, type organizational
services. Provide clear definitions and institute the identity of the service being analyzed. In other
words, use simple terms to indicate its origin. Is it a conceptual service that was discovered in
the conceptualization phase, or is it an existing and operating legacy asset? Describe its internal
structure: Does it aggregate other services, or is it an indivisible asset? In addition, elaborate on
its context. Is it a technical service, a utility, or a business type? As may be evident, this process
is not just about labeling or tagging analysis services; it is also about selecting the right assets for
the current project and communicating their potential collaborative contribution to the problem
that is to be solved.
The second goal would be to establish a comprehensive profile for each service that is
analyzed. These are enterprise records of reference that not only define service identities but
provide in-depth information about life cycle status, dependency on peer services, relationship
details, and operating environments. How can the organization benefit from these records? Profiles
are akin to merchandise product catalogs. They can be employed to introduce existing services or
service concepts to management and to the development community for future reuse, deployment,
and integration activities.
Pages:
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219