Patent ID: 8402092
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting a service oriented architecture (SOA) shared service comprising the steps of: gathering service requirements of a SOA shared services project; identifying a set of candidate SOA shared services that meets the service requirements of the SOA shared services project; comparing the set of candidate SOA shared services to a set of technical and business requirements; determining non-functional requirements that must be met by the set of SOA shared services; determining functional requirements that must be met by the set of SOA shared services; defining a service scope based on the determined non-functional requirements and the determined functional requirements; selecting an integration solution based on at least one of a service-specific risk assessment, a service-specific time analysis, and a service-specific cost analysis; and based on the comparing, selecting a set of SOA shared services from the set of candidate SOA shared services for construction in accordance with the integration solution, the set of SOA shared services meeting the defined service scope; wherein shared service roles are defined for each of various entities at each step of the selection method.