| In today's rapidly changing IT and business environment, service adaptability is a critical weapon for survival. This is particularly true for web and mobile services that need serve many users, with varying requirements for a service. Inflexible, not well thought-out architectural design decisions can reduce upfront service engineering costs, but may also hinder options for future enhancements and profitability of a service.;The main subject of this thesis is adaptability of web services in view of constraints of architectural models and how adaptability, along with many other factors, affects service profitability. (Abstract shortened by UMI.). |
