Extending enterprise architecture modelling with business goals and requirements

Engelsman, Wilco; Quartel, Dick; Jonkers, Henk; Sinderen, Marten van

doi:10.1080/17517575.2010.491871

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“…At the process level, for example, there are process and activity concepts [13]. At the strategic and operational levels of IT, it was also possible to identify a conceptual standard [1] [5]. The analysis performed in the correlated work identified, showed that information technology is relevant to organizational performance and contributes directly to business operations.…”

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“…The evaluation of the analyzed works indicated that the contributions of [2] and [5] that originated the languages BSC-P and ARMOR can be adapted to allow the closure of the gaps found in the themes associated to criteria I and II, since these works deal theorically traceability between models that are associated with criterion III. The B-SCP, also stands out as a contribution, due to the validation and verification of business requirements models, in terms of business process and strategy, which may allow an adaptation to the reality of the I criteria and II.…”

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“…An enterprise architecture is formed by levels that are related: (i) strategic; (ii) business processes (tactical); (iii) services and; (iv) IT infrastructure (operational) [19]. In the modeling of enterprise architecture, the relationship between strategy, business processes and information systems can be represented by the alignment of the computational models elaborated within the organization [5]. The models represent instruments to reach and graphically represent the different levels of abstraction of enterprise architecture and to contribute to the achievement and maintenance of the strategic alignment between business and IT, in addition to their unions providing an integrated visualization of an organization's EA [19].…”

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Towards a Models Traceability and Synchronization Approach of an Enterprise Architecture

Moreira¹,

Maciel

2017

International Conferences on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

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Abstract-In the context of Enterprise Architecture (EA) modeling, the lack of alignment between the computational models constitutes an organizational problem. The root cause of this problem is the low traceability capacity and the lack of synchronization between the computational models present in the EA. Among the negative impacts related to this problem are, for example, the obsolescence of the models and the difficulty of carrying out analyzes of impacts and decision making in scenarios of organizational changes. Thus, in order to provide the alignment, understanding and adaptation of the corporate environment, from the institutional strategic level to the operational level of Information Technology (TI), focusing on the information systems, an approach is proposed to enable the traceability and synchronization between the computational models. The proposed approach in this paper consists of a: (i) meta-model set comprising the strategic, tactical and operational levels of the EA; (ii) traceability model that supports configuration and change management, through the use of COBIT and ITIL best practices; (iii) transformation process of models that, through the application of the Model Driven Development (MDD), aims to provide the synchronization between the elements of the different models present in an EA.

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Towards a Models Traceability and Synchronization Approach of an Enterprise Architecture

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Maciel

2017

International Conferences on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

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“…ArchiMate 1.0 does not include such concepts. Nevertheless, a proposal for ArchiMate's extension in this sense has been made [9] to provide modeling support for business requirements management. This extension facilitates the identification, description, analysis and validation of requirements at business level and their realization in enterprise architecture models as described with the current ArchiMate 1.0 concepts.…”

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Mapping the business model canvas to ArchiMate

Meertens

Iacob

Nieuwenhuis

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Proceedings of the 27th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

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Many IT projects fail to succeed in the market, as they start purely from technology. Much effort is therefore wasted, while the potential benefits are not realized. We argue that the design process should start with creating a business model, which is then translated to an architecture to ensure fitness for market of the future system. Therefore, we propose a mapping from Osterwalder's business modeling canvas and ontology to the enterprise architecture modeling standard ArchiMate, which makes the above translation possible and represents a formal basis for business modeling in ArchiMate. A case study illustrates the mapping between the two languages.

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“…A proposal for extending ArchiMate with motivation concepts has been made by Engelsman et al (2011) first. This extension is now part of the official ArchiMate 2.0 standard specification, and is described briefly in the sequel.…”

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Relating business modelling and enterprise architecture

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English SummaryThis thesis proposes a methodology for creating business models, evaluating them, and relating them to enterprise architecture. The methodology consists of several steps, leading from an organization's current situation to a target situation, via business models and enterprise architecture. The problems with Business-IT AlignmentCurrently, increasing amounts of businesses rely on IT systems to do their business. However, success rates of IT implementations projects are low. Difficulties exist in aligning existing IT systems with business objectives. A consensus exists among researchers and practitioners alike that business-IT alignment (BITA) is necessary to improve business performance. Typical symptoms of lack of BITA include:• People cannot use the systems effectively.• Changes in systems often do not consider the financial impacts.• Systems cannot be changed easily and quickly to adapt to new situations.Difficulties also exist with technological innovations. Most difficulties are not caused by technical issues. Lack of consideration for financial and organisational aspects is a cause for projects not surviving after the pilot phase. A lack of attention is paid to financial aspects of innovations. Projects are often more expensive than planned due to changing requirements. Projects are often more expensive than planned because demands are not well known. Therefore, we have a problem to build and adapt IT systems to changing business needs. This thesis attempts to combine two partial solutions to this problem, Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Business Modelling (BM). A partial solution: Enterprise ArchitectureEnterprise Architecture comprises a collection of simplified representations of the organisation, from different viewpoints and according to the needs of different stakeholders. A coherent description of enterprise architecture provides insight, enables communication among stakeholders, and guides complicated change processes. ArchiMate provides a language to create such descriptions in a precise and formal way. While Enterprise Architecture helps to manage change, it includes insufficient business strategy, and use of ArchiMate is limited to expert users. Another partial solution: Business ModellingIn the basis, business models are used to describe businesses and explore possibilities for future development. Business modelling is intuitive to use by managers, consultants, VI and entrepreneurs alike. The business model concept is a young and emerging field of research. The state in which this field finds itself is one of "prescientific chaos": several competing schools of thought exist, and progress is limited because of a lack of cumulative progress. Links to other research domains are vital to establish the business model as a distinct area of investigation. This lack of cohesion in the field clearly diminishes the added value of business models for organizations and makes business modelling an art, rather than a science. A combined solution: Relating Enterprise Architecture and Business ...

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Extending enterprise architecture modelling with business goals and requirements

Cited by 111 publications

References 23 publications

Towards a Models Traceability and Synchronization Approach of an Enterprise Architecture

Towards a Models Traceability and Synchronization Approach of an Enterprise Architecture

Mapping the business model canvas to ArchiMate

Relating business modelling and enterprise architecture

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