A Method for Integrating Enterprise Information Systems based on Middleware Styles

The PhD project described here devises an architecture development method called MIDARCH for selecting a middleware platform in Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and migration projects. The method uses a taxonomy of middleware platforms based on the architectural styles that are induced by middleware platforms (MINT Styles). The choice of a style is based on extra-functional properties of the resulting systems. The method builds upon the ANSI/IEEE Standard 1471. The major goal of the method is to improve development process productivity and predictability through increasing reuse of design knowledge between projects. The key feature of the proposed method is that it enables binding of design knowledge to MINT styles.