Towards the Development of SOA-Based Big Data Model for Adoption in the HEI in Bahrain- Case Study

The development and adoption of Big Data Analytics (BDA) technology provides the integration of various IT systems and facilitation of data exchange and sharing across disparate platforms for several industries including Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Reviewing reveals the existence of diverse adoption models/frameworks and architectural development methods which unfortunately lack sufficient standardization and sequential transformation guidelines. The Bahraini HEIs lack a proper architectural development of BDA and a structured adoption model. This study aims to provide Bahraini HEIs with a systematic roadmap for successful BDA development and integration, enabling data-driven transformation within their specific institutional context. To address this gap, this study proposes the Service-Oriented Architecture BDA Adoption model (SOA-BDAF) for the Bahraini HEI-01, which benefits from the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Enterprise Architecture (EA) disciplines respectively to develop diverse services through a service bus to enable efficient data handling, analysis, and insights for administrative and academic enhancements and guide the transformation of HEI from as-is to to-be states. The development of SOA-BDAF is orchestrated by Design Science Research Methodology (DSRM) and a holistic single Case study for HEI-01 data collection and analysis. Findings reveal the success of SOA-BDAF in guiding the architectural development and adoption of BDA to meet the HEI-01 objectives and operations.