Towards a service agility assessment - modeling the composition and coupling of modular business services

Agility in IT services or business is closely linked with the ability to quickly compose new offerings to match specific and varying demands. A modular architecture is a key enabler for this ability. In this paper we provide a brief introduction how the principle of modularity may be applied to busi...

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Published inSeventh IEEE International Conference on E-Commerce Technology Workshops pp. 140 - 148
Main Authors Bohmann, T., Loser, K.-U.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2005
Subjects
Acceleration
Aerodynamics
Conferences
Costs
Information management
Outsourcing
Proposals
Service oriented architecture
Technology management
Turning
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Summary:Agility in IT services or business is closely linked with the ability to quickly compose new offerings to match specific and varying demands. A modular architecture is a key enabler for this ability. In this paper we provide a brief introduction how the principle of modularity may be applied to business services. We then present a proposal how modular business services can be modeled using SeeMe, a socio-technical modeling language. The ability to compose and adapt services to new demands depends critically on the coupling of the modules. We show how SeeMe models of module interfaces can be used to assess coupling between modules. In the outlook to further research we propose that the concepts of vague modeling as well as person, activity, and resource hiding may be used to assess the agility of business services.
ISBN:9780769523842
0769523846
DOI:10.1109/CECW.2005.25