TY - GEN
T1 - ARC-SoISE
T2 - 17th Annual System of Systems Engineering Conference, SOSE 2022
AU - Batista, Priscilla Elizabeth Pereira
AU - Rodrigues, Cassio Leonardo
AU - Neto, Valdemar Vicente Graciano
AU - Kassab, Mohamad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Systems of Information Systems (SoIS) are a class of complex systems that involve Information Systems (IS) as their constituents. To become SoIS constituents, systems should meet requirements, such as operational and managerial independence. However, several of the contemporary systems do not satisfy such requirements. In this sense, reference architectures (RA) can encapsulate these requirements and design decisions to guide architects on how to derive/evolve systems towards being able to become SoIS constituents. The educational domain is notably a relevant domain that could benefit from it. Virtual Learning environments (VLE) are often used in learning processes, but they have not been necessarily designed to be a constituent of an Educational SoIS. The main contribution of this paper is introducing a RA named ARC-SoISE (of the term in Portuguese that means Reference Architecture for a Constituent of an Educational SoIS). ARC-SoISE can support architects to derive constituents or evolve systems towards being part of a SoIS. The methodology used to create such a RA was PRoSA-RA, a state-of-the-art process to design RA. We evaluated ARC-SoISE by means of a survey with experts, one of the evaluation methods prescribed by PRoSA-RA. Results reveal that specialists considered ARC-SoISE fully or partially compliant with 92.2% of the essential criteria evaluated for a constituent to be able to contribute to the fulfillment of goals in a SoIS.
AB - Systems of Information Systems (SoIS) are a class of complex systems that involve Information Systems (IS) as their constituents. To become SoIS constituents, systems should meet requirements, such as operational and managerial independence. However, several of the contemporary systems do not satisfy such requirements. In this sense, reference architectures (RA) can encapsulate these requirements and design decisions to guide architects on how to derive/evolve systems towards being able to become SoIS constituents. The educational domain is notably a relevant domain that could benefit from it. Virtual Learning environments (VLE) are often used in learning processes, but they have not been necessarily designed to be a constituent of an Educational SoIS. The main contribution of this paper is introducing a RA named ARC-SoISE (of the term in Portuguese that means Reference Architecture for a Constituent of an Educational SoIS). ARC-SoISE can support architects to derive constituents or evolve systems towards being part of a SoIS. The methodology used to create such a RA was PRoSA-RA, a state-of-the-art process to design RA. We evaluated ARC-SoISE by means of a survey with experts, one of the evaluation methods prescribed by PRoSA-RA. Results reveal that specialists considered ARC-SoISE fully or partially compliant with 92.2% of the essential criteria evaluated for a constituent to be able to contribute to the fulfillment of goals in a SoIS.
KW - Reference Architecture
KW - Systems of Systems
KW - Virtual Learning Environment
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U2 - 10.1109/SOSE55472.2022.9812646
DO - 10.1109/SOSE55472.2022.9812646
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85135111397
T3 - 2022 17th Annual System of Systems Engineering Conference, SOSE 2022
SP - 142
EP - 147
BT - 2022 17th Annual System of Systems Engineering Conference, SOSE 2022
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 7 June 2022 through 11 June 2022
ER -