Modeling the alignment between business and IS/IT

Salgado, Carlos E.; Machado, Ricardo J.; Suzana, Rita

doi:10.1145/2480362.2480607

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“…Due to the expansion of the field to new enterprise modelling techniques, researchers have studied whether the existing modelling languages can provide a holistic approach of the business strategy or not, as well as which are the problems of these languages (Lederer et al , 2014; Heyl, 2014; Salgado et al , 2013).…”

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Business strategy modelling based on enterprise architecture: a state of the art review

Kitsios

Kamariotou

2018

BPMJ

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Purpose Enterprise architecture (EA) is a means of a high level of abstraction of a business’ levels which helps organise planning and taking better decisions. Evidence has shown that the scope of EA is not restricted to technology planning, but the lack of business strategy and processes is the most common problem of EA frameworks. Consequently, a challenge stems from the fact that the formulation of strategy should not be modelled separately but as a holistic approach. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the contemporary problems in existing EA modelling frameworks concerning the optimisation of business strategy concepts and to identify areas for improvement. Design/methodology/approach Studies were spotted using a three phased literature review methodology which was suggested by Webster and Watson (2002). Findings Although, previous studies have attempted to use tools and models to visualise the technological business planning, limited previous study has focussed on modelling strategic planning. Due to issues concerning the lack of guidelines for modelling business strategy, a holistic approach is needed to be made. Originality/value The paper contributes to the existing literature by assessing the current EA modelling languages and their skilfulness to modelling strategy. Moreover, it contributes to the determination of difficulties in modelling, as well as to the examination of ease of use of language in the context of strategy. Second, this paper provides an overview to practitioners who would like to develop effective EA modelling projects, as well as to architects who try to solve the problems of business complexity.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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“…The ARMOR language was developed to optimise the motivation of EA, which involves goals and requirements. Also, it demonstrates its use for analysing EA, concentrating on strategic alignment issues (Salgado et al , 2013).…”

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Business strategy modelling based on enterprise architecture: a state of the art review

Kitsios

Kamariotou

2018

BPMJ

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“…In this paper our central focus is to describe the construction of a novel method (and provide some initial proof of its utility) for measuring the alignment of the business architecture with the IT architecture that is specifically contextualised for hospitals. Albeit the existence of different approaches for generally assessing and improving business-IT alignment (e.g., Luftman, 2000;Balabko et al, 2005;Salgado et al, 2013), there is an inherent need for 'pushing the contextual envelope' (Chiasson & Davidson, 2004). With this new method, which we named hospital business-IT alignment method (H-BIT), and following the DSR knowledge contribution framework suggested by Gregor & Hevner (2013), we want to contribute to an improvement of the drawbacks described in the previous sections by means of developing a solution, which reflects the specific problems of the healthcare context.…”

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Does a hospital’s IT architecture fit with its strategy? An approach to measure the alignment of health information technology

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Hospitals as the main entities of healthcare need to respond to policy initiatives affecting in particular the quality, efficiency and costs of health service delivery as well as cope with continuous technological advancements. Considering the information intensive character of healthcare, a shift in a hospital's business policy also induces potentials and pitfalls to the management of health information technology. In this sense, this paper strives to find an answer to the problem how to reduce misalignment of the business and IT architecture in hospitals. Following the design science research methodology, this paper emphasises the description of a method named H-BIT, which may support decision-makers in overcoming this alignment problem. Implications for healthcare practice are reported based on the experiences that were gained from the exemplary application of the method at a larger hospital.

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“…Based on their findings, they further sketch a list of properties to specify goals in EAM in order to provide comprehensive information and avoid ambiguity. Salgado, Machado, & Suzana (2013) identify three research areas that deal with the business and IS/ IT alignment problem via a literature analysis, namely business model, strategy and goals, enterprise architecture. The authors propose to apply and empirically evaluate innovative approaches from these areas in order to improve the business and IS/IT alignment analysis.…”

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Using Goal Models Downstream

Horkoff

et al. 2015

International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design

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Goal models have proven useful for capturing, understanding, and communicating requirements during early stages of software development. However, the utility of goal models is greatly enhanced when they can be exploited during downstream stages of the requirements analysis process (e.g. requirements elaboration, validation, planning), and can be used as part of the entire system life cycle (e.g., architectural and behavioral process design, coding, testing, monitoring, adaptation, and evolution). In order to better understand the progress that has been made in integrating goal models with downstream system development, the authors ask: what approaches exist that map/integrate/transform goal models to later stage software artifacts? To answer this question, they conduct a systematic survey, producing a roadmap of work summarizing 243 publications. Results include a categorization of the “why?” and “how?” for each approach. Furthermore, they select the 50 most prominent publications, based on citation numbers, in order to perform an in-depth literature review. Findings show that there is a wide variety of proposals with a variety of proposed goal models and targets, covering multiple paradigms, motivated by a variety of purposes. The authors conclude that although much work has been done in this area, the work is fragmented, following multiple separate strands of goal-orientation, and is often still in early stages of maturity.

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Modeling the alignment between business and IS/IT

Cited by 10 publications

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Business strategy modelling based on enterprise architecture: a state of the art review

Business strategy modelling based on enterprise architecture: a state of the art review

Does a hospital’s IT architecture fit with its strategy? An approach to measure the alignment of health information technology

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