Modularization and Specification of Service-Oriented Systems
Linda Terlouw · Research Repository (Delft University of Technology) · 2011
Pursuing a PhD is a painful, yet rewarding experience.Every PhD student and promotor will confirm that the only good dissertation is a done dissertation.After six years of research I am happy to present the final results.The research is conducted at the Delft University of Technology in a research group consisting of hybrids; people who work in industry with an academic interest and people who work in academia with a wish to put theory into practice.Combining research with a 'day job' as IT consultant is a drawback as well as a benefit.The drawback is the chronic lack of time and focus.The benefit is a continuous reality check on the relevance of the research.Though writing a dissertation seems like a very lonely process, many people in fact contributed to it.First of all, I thank my promotor Jan Dietz, who guided me through the jungle of academic research.My daily supervisor, Antonia Albani, taught me the very specific writing style used in academic papers and gave valuable feedback on my draft papers that helped in getting the papers accepted.Also, I would like to express my gratitude to the other members of my dissertation committee for reading the dissertation and providing feedback.The CIAO! doctoral consortia gave me an opportunity to present my work in an early phase to the CIAO! board members and the fellow doctoral students.Presenting at such an event was never easy; interruptions started at the first slide and razor-sharp comments were made by the board members.But these events contributed highly to the selection of an appropriate research topic and to building the research on strong theoretical foundations.In this dissertation three case studies are presented.I would like to thank the case study participants at the Port of Rotterdam, De Lage Landen and Air France/KLM for giving me the opportunity to validate my findings in practice and for providing valuable new insights.Especially, I would like to v