There shouldn't be any need to define the ordering. If the services (including ejb and web modules) have the correct dependencies it does not matter. However, deployment (rather than service) dependencies are on the road map http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4036378#... these will include "implicit" rules like: Russian doll ordering Explicit ordering All or nothing deployment (either all the subdeployments are deployed or none are) etc. In fact, we'll likely support "random order" so people can check that they have all dependencies defined (i.e. they are not being implicit) but this is more useful for testing our dependencies are properly specified. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4059842#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...