Title:	A CRITICAL REVIEW ON REFERENCE ARCHITECTURES AND MODELS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Author(s):	Felix Sanchez-Puchol, Joan A. Pastor-Collado and Baptista Borrell
ISBN:	978-989-8533-80-7
Editors:	Ajith P. Abraham, Jörg Roth and Guo Chao Peng
Year:	2018
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Enterprise Reference Architectures, Reference Models, Enterprise Architecture, Higher Education, Critical Review
Type:	Full Paper
First Page:	113
Last Page:	120
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	Enterprise Reference Architectures (ERAs) and Reference Models (RMs) have emerged over the last years as relevant instruments for improving the quality and effectiveness of Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice. Whilst a wide variety of different ERAs and RMs have been proposed for different industries and types of business, only few of them have been devoted to the Higher Education (HE) sector. In this paper, we critically review and compare 19 existing ERAs and RMs targeted to the HE domain on the basis of a common set of 12 definitional attributes. In so doing, we contribute to the existing body of knowledge by providing a unified, structured and comprehensive catalog of these abstract EA artifacts, aiming to create awareness on their potential practical utility and to increase their visibility, transparency and opportunity for their practical use by different HE stakeholders. Hence, the proposed catalog is expected to be useful both for practitioners and researchers by providing a panoramic view of rather ready-to-use existing ERAs and RMs for HE. Moreover, and by specifying their main scope, coverage and extend of knowledge captured, the catalog can be a valuable tool for guiding HE stakeholders on making better-informed decisions on the selection of suitable architectural artifacts for being conveniently adapted or applied in their different EA practices conducted at their respective institutions.
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