Here I describe the inventory analysis lifecycle.

iterative nature of the inventory analysis lifecycle

There is an iterative cycle during which the service inventory blueprint is defined. The steps of this cycle are:

1. Define enterprise business models: up-to-date business models and specifications are required
2. Define technology architecture: understand the features and constraints, that could affect the definition of the service candidates
3. Define service inventory blueprint: iterative definition of service candidates
4. Perform service oriented analysis