Software Architect's Handbook

Creating your own reference architecture

Once an organization has a completed software architecture, which may or may not have used a reference architecture, it can then become a reference architecture itself. When an organization needs to create new software applications, perhaps as part of a software product line, it can use the architecture of an existing product as a reference architecture.

Using a reference architecture from your own organization is just like using a reference architecture from somewhere else. You will reap benefits by doing so, but some amount of refactoring may be required to use it in a particular application. The added advantage is that the reference architecture would be likely to already be suited to your particular ...