Software configuration management applied to service oriented architecture

Abstract

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an evolving machine communication process widely deployed and likely to gain further adoption with Web 2.0 implementation. SOA allows loosely coupled operations to communicate information from machines through software to end-users in a highly mobile world. SOA is dependent upon Representational State Transfer (REST) architecture and implementers face formidable challenges with governance and management in regulated environments. SOA is a system-of-systems software communication process requiring strict management and governance since it links development directly to business operations. Management of the relationships and dependencies of SOA through the application of configuration management is possible. People manage, systems monitor and record. An innovative approach is presented to apply the activities of an IEEE Software Configuration Management Plan (SCMP) to an SOA environment living a constant development life cycle to control change and facilitate governance utilizing engineering fundamentals.

SORC: Service-Oriented Distributed Revision Control for collaborative web programming

“…However, it tends to be much more difficult than other types of systems because of the distributed nature of SOA development, including lack of centralised control, the ripple effect of change, and opacity stemmed from the separation of the service interface from service implementation [15]. No breakthrough has been made so far to address these issues and most of current efforts have largely focused on shrewd adaptation to existing SCM systems and workarounds [16].…”