A Framework to De ne a Generic Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology

This paper presents a framework suitable for the de nition of a Generic Enterprise Ref erence Architecture and Methodology to readers interested in architectures and method ology development The Generic Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology is about those meth ods models and tools which are needed to build the integrated enterprise The architecture is generic because it applies to most potentially all types of enterprise The coverage of the framework spans Products Enterprises Enterprise Integration and Strategic Enterprise Management with the emphasis being on the middle two The proposal for the architecture follows the architecture itself improving the quality of the presentation and of the outcome De nitions of Generic Enterprise Reference Architecture Enterprise Engineering In tegration Methodology Enterprise Modelling Languages Enterprise Models and Enter prise Modules are given It is proposed how the above could be developed on the basis of previously analysed architectures and other results too such as the Purdue Enter prise Reference Architecture the GRAI Integrated Methodology CIM OSA and TOVIE