Service Catalog Management

The Service Catalog Management component is responsible for organizing the collection of service specifications that identify and define all requirements of a service that can be performed. The Service Catalog Management component has the functionality that enable present a customer-facing view, so users are able to search and select services they need, as well as a technical view to enable define and setup what's needed to deliver service specifications (Customer Facing Service Specifications (CFSSs) and Resource Facing Service Specifications (RFSSs)) contained in the service catalog. The Service Catalog Management component has functionalities that include creation of new service specifications, managing service specifications, administering the lifecycle of services, describing relationships between service specification attributes, reporting on service specification and their changes, and facilitating easy and systematic indexing and access to services, as well as facilitate automating the service delivery process.