Defining service ownership for a service oriented architecture

US8660885B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• William A. Brown · Raleigh, US
• Kerrie L. Holley · Montara, US
• Garrison A. Moore · Uxbridge, CA
• William J. Tegan · Oakland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 12, 2012
• Grant date: Feb 25, 2014
• Expiry date: Aug 12, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06375
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Defining service ownership for an SOA includes defining, in response to an event requiring a change in service ownership and in dependence upon data describing business functions within a business, a service domain. Embodiments also include reviewing the defined service domain for approval and upon approval of the defined service domain, identifying potential impact upon currently existing service domains caused by implementation of the defined service domain. Embodiments also include identifying a potential owner of the defined service domain in dependence upon a service type of the defined service domain and funding requirements of the service domain and presenting, to relevant stakeholders in the business, the potential owner of the defined service domain for approval. Upon approval of the potential owner of the defined service domain, embodiments include assigning the potential owner of the defined service domain responsibility for managing the defined service domain.