GRAI integrated methodology and its mapping onto generic enterprise reference architecture and methodology

Abstract The paper presents the basic concepts of GERAM (generic enterprise reference architecture and methodology) developed recently by the IFAC/IFIP Task Force on Architectures for Enterprise Integration, and the GRAI integrated methodology (GIM) elaborated by GRAI/LAP (Laboratory of Automation and Productics) of University Bordeaux I. The focus of the paper is on the comparison and mapping of GIM onto GERAM and shows that the basic concepts of these two approaches converge.