This content applies to version 7.5.4 or later. You
can create service models and populate them with elements and relationships
that identify services and service requirements and how they will
be realized and structured.
Creating capabilities (candidate services) in service models This content applies to version 7.5.4 or later. In
service models, capabilities represent candidate services, some of
which may move forward for further design and eventual implementation.
A capability typically represents a level of abstraction that bridges
the business process model's concept of a business capability and
the more precise and complete IT domain. From an IT perspective,
a capability represents a service at a fairly high level of abstraction,
but typically defines the operations that the service provides.
Creating traceability relationships This content applies to version 7.5.4 or later. You can create and maintain traceability relationships between
service model elements (typically capabilities) and the business process
elements from which they were derived. If you created a capability
from a BPMN element, traceability relationships are automatically
created for you. However, you can also create traceability relationships
manually. In a services model, a traceability link is represented
as a URL Link within a services model element, the target of which
is a BPMN element.
Creating capability operations This content applies to version 7.5.4 or later. BPMN
task elements are typically mapped to operations in service models.
When you create a capability from a BPMN element, BPMN tasks are automatically
created as operations in the capability. You can modify or delete
them or create additional operations in the capability to refine the
model element to further detail.
Defining operation parameters in service models This content applies to version 7.5.4 or later. Operation
parameters enable a capability or service interface to define data
that is required or returned by an operation. When you create a capability
or service interface from an existing BPMN element, tasks in the BPMN
element become the operations for the capability or service interface.
You can add parameters to these operations or to any others that
you create.
Creating service interfaces for capabilities in service models This content applies to version 7.5.4 or later. Service
interfaces represent how service providers and consumers will interact
with each other, both within and outside the system. A service interface
will typically define one or more operations that the service will
provide. It may also define one or more operations that a consumer of
the service must provide. You can create a service interface from
scratch or derive one from a BPMN element.