Software Architect's Handbook

Modeling candidate services

The final step, modeling candidate services, consists of identifying service operation candidates and grouping them into candidate services. It is important to note that these candidate operations and services are abstract and a logical model. During design, other factors, such as constraints and limitations, will be considered. The final concrete design may differ from the service candidates.

Modeling candidate services should be a collaborative process between technical and business resources. Business analysts and domain experts can use their business knowledge to help the technical team define service candidates.