Authors:
Tariq Al-Naeem
1
;
Feras A. Dabous
2
;
Fethi A. Rabhi
3
and
Boualem Benatallah
1
Affiliations:
1
School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia
;
2
School of Information Systems, Technology, and Management, University of New South Wales, Australia
;
3
2School of Information Systems, Technology, and Management, University of New South Wales, Australia
Keyword(s):
Quantitative Evaluation, Enterprise Architectural Patterns, and Multiple-Attribute Decision Making.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Databases and Information Systems Integration
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Enterprise-Wide Client-Server Architecture
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Software Engineering
Abstract:
The implementation of enterprise and e-business applications is becoming a widespread practice among modern organizations. A cornerstone activity in implementing such applications is the architectural design task, which embodies many architectural design decisions. What makes this task quite complex is the presence of several design approaches that vary considerably in their consequences on various quality attributes. In addition, the presence of more than one stakeholder with different, often conflicting, quality goals makes the design process even more complex. To aid in the design process, this paper discusses a number of alternative architectural patterns that can be reused during the enterprise architectural design stage. It also proposes leveraging
Multiple-Attribute Decision Making (MADM) methods, particularly the AHP method, to quantitatively evaluate and select among these patterns.