GIGAS Methodology for Comparative Analysis of Information and Data Management Systems, Version 0.5.0.

Abstract

The methodology described into this document is one of the tools that the GIGAS consortium developed to examining the requirements, architectures and standards applied in the systems in order to provide an evaluation of them in terms of business, enterprise, information and engineering and technology architecture, as well as their strategic alignment. It has proven to be useful for analyzing and comparing different systems and identifying areas of convergence, technology and interoperability gaps and as a tool for the technical dialogue across different user communities.