Properly implemented, SOA is an excellent approach for managing change, change of service owners, service implementations, provider consumer relationships and even entire business processes. The key to managing change in an SOA is managing the lifecycle of constituent services, what we call Business Service Lifecycle Management.

The business service lifecycle is a defined set of activities and procedures that continuously support SOA business service development, deployment and management. The cycle complements your software development lifecycle and extends it for services runtime deployment and management. It can also be tailored to meet the specifics of your approach. Download this white paper to learn more