1. A computer-implemented method for calculating a quality of service associated with a network participant associated with a networked business process, the method comprising: identifying a profile of a potential network participant associated with a networked business process, the networked business process comprising a set of interrelated business processes, the set of interrelated business processes performed by at least two different network participants, and the profile of the potential network participant defining at least one technical capability of the potential network participant; identifying a set of criteria associated with the networked business process, the set of criteria defining at least one technical capability metric used to determine if a particular network participant can participate in the networked business process; comparing the identified profile of the potential network participant with the identified set of criteria; and determining whether the profile of the potential network participant meets or exceeds the identified set of criteria.