Realizing Service Migration in Industry - Lessons Learned

Report (2011)
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Software Technology (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2011 The authors. Software Engineering Research Group, Department of Software Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Delft University of Technology.
System integration Service oriented architecture Re-engineering
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Published Date

02-05-2011

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Technical Report Series TUD-SERG-2011-004

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1872-5392

Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Software Technology

Abstract

In this paper, we present two descriptive case studies covering the re-engineering and further evolution of adopting service oriented architecture (SOA) in industry. The first case was carried out for a company in the transport sector with an application portfolio of over 700 systems. The second case study was conducted for an organization in the public sector. The goal of both case studies is to identify possible benefits and drawbacks of realizing SOA in large organizations in order to obtain a better perspective on the real, rather than the assumed, benefits of SOA in practice. We describe how the two cases were developed and carried out, and discuss the experiences gained and lessons learned from adopting SOA in the two organizations. Based on these findings, we propose several directions for further research. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice, 2011, Wiley-Blackwell