Patent ID: 8607192

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of automating a governance process of creating a new version of a service in a governed Service Oriented Architecture (‘SOA’), the method comprising: modeling the governance process of creating a new version of a service in the governed SOA, the modeled governance process comprising: reviewing requested updates to a deployed service; determining, in dependence upon the requested updates and a specification of a present version of the deployed service, whether a new version of the deployed service is required; if a new version of the deployed service is required, determining whether the present version of the deployed service will be subsumed by the new version; and if the present version of the deployed service will be subsumed by the new version, retiring the present version of the deployed service; generating, in dependence upon the modeled governance process, one or more automation modules, each automation module comprising a module of computer program instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, supports performance of one or more steps of the modeled governance process; wherein the modeled governance process further comprises: if the present version of the deployed service will not be subsumed by the new version: logging in the new version in a registry and repository; requesting a service identifier for the new version of the service; entering service classification information in the registry and repository, the service classification information describing a sector for the new version of the deployed service, a service type for the new version of the deployed service, and a target certification level for the new version of the deployed service; updating specification modeling service artifacts and realization modeling service artifacts of the deployed service; refactoring and rationalizing the deployed service; and certifying the new version of the deployed service.