Architectural Design of Loosely Coupled Services : A Case Study

Abstract: In the fast moving word of sofware engineering many are trying to get their piece of the pot of gold. To do that the engineering process needs to be as cost efficient as possible.Since time is money smartly designed systems make full use of already implemented sofware to save time and money with new development. The usage of services have become a well used strategy for the re-usage of software within as well as between businesses. Loose coupling has long been an architectural strategy for achieving modifiability. The loose coupling between services within a system has lately also been a subject of discussion, since there may be several advatages of using the principles regarding loose coupling and high cohesion within and between services. This document will examine the possible benefits as well as concern of decoupling already tightly coupled services. As well as discovering patterns and anti-patterns regarding coupling and services using Visma Spcs as a case study.