Patent ID: 8739111

Claim:
A method to re-factor, rationalize, and prioritize a service model and a toolkit to assess service exposure in the service model determining which services to expose, the method comprising: analyzing a function and a usage of one or more services during a plurality of service usage scenarios to determine a granularity of the one or more services of the service model; re-factoring and refining a service portfolio and a hierarchy of the service model; adapting a Service Litmus Test (SLT) and service exposure scope to the service model; applying Service Litmus Tests (SLTs) to the service model; determining service exposure scope of the service model; and rationalizing the service model, the rationalizing comprising: verifying a validity of the service model; and verifying, with each affected stakeholder, that the service model achieves business and technical needs based on the results of the SLTs, which include the decision to make exposure decisions, whether to expose the service or not expose the service; and wherein the service represent business capabilities and are placed in the hierarchy of the service model which represents the granularity.