Automating A Governance Process Of Creating A New Version Of A Service In A Governed SOA

• US 20120066671A1
• Filed: 09/15/2010
• Published: 03/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation, ServiceNow Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Adhikary, Subrata, Allam, Abdul, Bharti, Harish, Brown, William A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,607,192 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/170
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/35 model driven

Abstract

Modeling a governance process of creating a new version of a service in a governed SOA and generating, in dependence upon the modeled governance process, automation modules that include modules of computer program instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, support performance of one or more steps of the modeled governance process and where the modeled governance process includes 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.

Claims

1. 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; and

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.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the modeled governance process further comprises:

if the present version of the deployed service will not be subsumed by the new version;

logging 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.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the modeled governance process further comprises applying versioning guidelines to the new version of the deployed service prior to determining whether the present version of the deployed service will be subsumed by the new version if the new version of the deployed service is required.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein applying versioning guidelines to the new version of the deployed service further comprises:

determining whether a version number of the new version of the deployed service is less than a predefined threshold of version numbers for the deployed service;

and if the version number of the new version of the deployed service is less than the predefined threshold of version numbers for the deployed service, identifying a versioning scheme to follow and identifying a versioning approach.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein reviewing requested updates to a deployed service further comprises:

reviewing a service specification of a present version of the deployed service;

reviewing a specification of non-functional requirements of the present version of the deployed service;

reviewing potential service requirements included in the requested updates; and

identifying potential changes to the present version of the deployed service.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein modeling the governance process further comprises:

modeling, by a process modeling and implementation tool, the governance process in Business Process Expression Language (‘

BPEL’

).

7. An apparatus for automating a governance process of creating a new version of a service in a governed Service Oriented Architecture (‘

SOA’

), the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of;

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; and

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.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the modeled governance process further comprises:

if the present version of the deployed service will not be subsumed by the new version;

logging 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.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the modeled governance process further comprises applying versioning guidelines to the new version of the deployed service prior to determining whether the present version of the deployed service will be subsumed by the new version if the new version of the deployed service is required.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein applying versioning guidelines to the new version of the deployed service further comprises:

determining whether a version number of the new version of the deployed service is less than a predefined threshold of version numbers for the deployed service;

and if the version number of the new version of the deployed service is less than the predefined threshold of version numbers for the deployed service,

identifying a versioning scheme to follow and identifying a versioning approach.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein reviewing requested updates to a deployed service further comprises:

reviewing a service specification of a present version of the deployed service;

reviewing a specification of non-functional requirements of the present version of the deployed service;

reviewing potential service requirements included in the requested updates; and

identifying potential changes to the present version of the deployed service.

12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein modeling the governance process further comprises:

modeling, by a process modeling and implementation tool, the governance process in Business Process Expression Language (‘

BPEL’

).

13. A computer program product for automating a governance process of creating a new version of a service in a governed Service Oriented Architecture (‘

SOA’

), the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable, when executed, of causing a computer to carry out the steps of;

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; and

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.

14. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the modeled governance process further comprises:

if the present version of the deployed service will not be subsumed by the new version;

logging 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.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the modeled governance process further comprises applying versioning guidelines to the new version of the deployed service prior to determining whether the present version of the deployed service will be subsumed by the new version if the new version of the deployed service is required.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein applying versioning guidelines to the new version of the deployed service further comprises:

determining whether a version number of the new version of the deployed service is less than a predefined threshold of version numbers for the deployed service;

and if the version number of the new version of the deployed service is less than the predefined threshold of version numbers for the deployed service, identifying a versioning scheme to follow and identifying a versioning approach.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein reviewing requested updates to a deployed service further comprises:

reviewing a service specification of a present version of the deployed service;

reviewing a specification of non-functional requirements of the present version of the deployed service;

reviewing potential service requirements included in the requested updates; and

identifying potential changes to the present version of the deployed service.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein modeling the governance process further comprises:

modeling, by a process modeling and implementation tool, the governance process in Business Process Expression Language (‘

BPEL’

).

19. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein the storage medium comprises a recordable medium.

20. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein the storage medium comprises a transmission medium.