6.7.3 The Raytheon Enterprise Architecture Process (REAP)

Abstract

AbstractArchitecture processes have become an essential component in the construction of complex systems and in the government's evaluation of defense contractors. The Raytheon Enterprise Architecture Process (REAP) is a systems architecting process being developed by Raytheon Company to address both the needs of our customers and of Raytheon as a system integrator. This process integrates established industry and government standards including: Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture, C4ISR/Department of Defense Architecture Framework, Software Engineering Institute's Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method, Unified Modeling Language, and Colored Petri Nets. The REAP initiative is being approached as a “one‐company” standardized methodology to address architecture definition, description, evolution, and assessment throughout Raytheon. The REAP facilitates higher interoperability for our customers' systems, enables the sharing of architectural best practices through common taxonomy and representation, and supports the creation of product line architecture templates to provide established architecture baselines for the design of new systems.