SOA Reuse: Systematic Literature Review Updating and Research Directions

Abstract

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) reuse has been used strategically in organizations to reduce development costs and increase the quality of applications. This article analyzes a systematic literature review in order to identify concepts, goals, strategies, and metrics of SOA reuse. The results show that the main goal of SOA reuse is to decrease development costs. The factor that most negatively influences SOA reuse is the existence of legacy systems. The strategy used most to potentialize SOA reuse is business process management. Metrics proposed by studies to measure SOA reuse are related to modularity and adaptability indicators. The study is relevant because it increases the body of knowledge of the area. Additionally, a set of gaps to be addressed by researchers and reuse practitioners was identified.