System development with integration architectures

The concepts presented in this paper show a possible alternative of the existing post-facto, bottom-up approach used in developing an integrated system. Based on the needs of distributed and complex application systems, the authors propose a pre-planned development process. This integrated approach introduces the notion of a meta-level of control and management which coordinates otherwise independent projects. Domain analysis and integration architectures are identified as the two main components of the proposed generic integration framework. Finally, they describe project management as an embedded sub-task in a generic, domain oriented development effort.<>