http://www.soamag.com The SOA Magazine is a monthly online publication provided by SOA Systems Inc. and Prentice Hall/PearsonPTR and is officially associated with the "Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl." SOA en-us Copyright 2006-2007, SOA Systems Inc. http://www.soamag.com/I13/1207-1.asp SOA is increasingly becoming an unavoidable part of project delivery for many organizations. It is therefore high time that practitioners avoid the dangerous practice of creating ad-hoc services and begin following proven industry principles and methods. In this article we discuss ten approaches for identifying services. The intention is for this list to become an effective starting point for service definition, alleviating project teams from the longwinded discussions about granularity, feeling, intuition and craftsmanship that have historically been part of initial service delivery phases. This collection of methods is the result of research. Therefore, it is important to understand that even though some have become established industry practices, there are still pitfalls and trade-offs that need to be taken into consideration. SOA http://www.soamag.com/I13/1207-1.asp#When:10.12.07