Use Case-Based Service-Oriented Analysis and Modeling

The drawbacks of Service-Oriented Analysis and Design (SOAD) methodologies are discussed and a new SOAD method based on Use Case (UC) approach is presented in this paper, therefore, a service model is designed to facilitate service identification from Use Case script. Moreover, a process to achieve high quality service identification is introduced as a guideline to an analyst work. Through the analysis of the method basic characteristics and its illustration, we can conclude that the method has several advantages compared to other methods which are based on business process modeling and enterprise architecture.