Towards an agile reference architecture method for information systems

Abstract

Agility in software architecture development has received significant attention recently, but supporting tools and methods for this architecture-agility combination are still lacking. This paper proposes RAMA (Reference Architecture Modeling in an Agile software development), a value-centric method to address this issue. RAMA uses model-driven engineering to create information system’s reference architecture aligned with the organization’s business values. RAMA’s feasibility was evaluated with a case study and a proof-of-concept tool.