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When developing service-centric software systems, which combine existing services to create new cross-organizational applications, software engineers must take on a more integrative role than in traditional software development. Specialized roles in this environment might be better defined as service-oriented software engineering and service-oriented software-integration engineering. As the SCSS approaches are adopted universally, these two roles will be important in specifying SOA environments both at design time and dynamically at runtime. This article is part of a special issue on service-centric software systems.

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"Point Argument: Transition to Service Centric: Tools Drive Business-Model Development," by Donald Ferguson. Well-defined tools are the primary requirement to support the industrial transition to service-oriented architecture. "Counterpoint Argument: Toward Organizational Maturity," by Richard Veryard. Tools don't bring the changes in organization and management practices necessary to use them properly. This department is part of a special issue on service-centric software systems.