Towards a Common Terminology in the Discipline of Enterprise Architecture

Schoenherr, Marten

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-01247-1_40

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“…8,10] as well as practitioners [11]: From a more CIO-oriented perspective such as in [7] over [12] seeing EA clearly as a business issue concerned with 'the high-level logic for business processes and IT capabilities' to defining EA as a common business-and IT-related 'strategic approach which takes a systems perspective, viewing the entire enterprise as a holistic system encompassing multiple views such as organization view, process view, knowledge view, and enabling information technology view in an integrated framework' [1].…”

Section: A Enterprise Architecture Goalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In his recent publication, Schönherr [8] identifies different EA goals covering literature until early 2008. Kappelman et al [9], Lankhorst [13], Op't Land [14], Ross et al [12] and Salmans and Kappelman [15] also list various EA goals in more recent publications.…”

Section: A Enterprise Architecture Goalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…6], there is a notable insecurity about the cost benefit ratio of EA [7]. Presumably, this observation relates to the fact that there is currently no commonly-agreed upon role of EA in an enterprise setting [8] and no common understanding of the goals being addressed with EA altogether [9]. Consequently, it is crucial to develop research insight into EA initiatives and their contribution to EA goals in order to leverage the benefits and proliferation of EA in practice [7].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Experts' Perspective on Enterprise Architecture Goals, Framework Adoption and Benefit Assessment

Lange

Mendling

2011

2011 IEEE 15th International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference Workshops

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-In recent years, enterprise architecture (EA) management has become an intensively discussed approach in both industry and academia for managing the complexity of an enterprise from a holistic perspective. While there is a strong academic and practical interest in EA frameworks and EA modeling, there is a notable insecurity about the cost benefit ratio of EA. In this paper, we address this research problem with a qualitative research design. We conduct a series of semistructured interviews with industry experts on enterprise architecture in order to identify classes of EA goals, corresponding EA frameworks adoption to achieve these goals and employed EA benefit assessment approaches. The findings point to, among others, a fairly stable set of EA goals that shift over time and EA frameworks that lack modularity and adjustment capabilities to easily customize towards these goals. This paper is part of an ongoing exploratory research that aims at researching which benefits emanate from EA.

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Section: A Enterprise Architecture Goalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: A Enterprise Architecture Goalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Experts' Perspective on Enterprise Architecture Goals, Framework Adoption and Benefit Assessment

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Mendling

2011

2011 IEEE 15th International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference Workshops

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“…The perspectives determine the relevant goals stakeholders have regarding the EA function. As one of the main drivers for EA, the Business-IT Alignment (BITA) has been a major concern in recent literature [35,36] and is a shared goal for all of our stakeholder groups. A more detailed take on stakeholder perception of EA is given in [37].…”

Section: Stakeholder Perspectives Relevant To Enterprise Architecturementioning

confidence: 99%

Design Science Evaluation for Enterprise Architecture Business Value Assessments

Meyer

Helfert

2013

BSC 2013

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Abstract. In our research we aim to assess the value contributions of Enterprise Architecture (EA) to an organization that allows a structured and effective way of strategically aligning business with information technology. We have designed and built an Enterprise Business Value Assessment framework within an organizational context following a Design Science Research (DSR) methodology. Our challenge presented in this paper is to evaluate this approach and show how we can effectively determine the relevant criteria and adapt an appropriate evaluation method. Discussing this challenge we propose an evaluation approach using the Measurement and Analysis Infrastructure Diagnostic (MAID) method.

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“…Although no such common understanding has yet evolved if the definition of the term EA or EA management is considered (cf. Schönherr in [27] and Schelp and Winter in [25]), consensus on the fundamental activities and tasks that make up an EA management function exists (cf. [1]).…”

Section: Foundationsmentioning

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A Method Base for Enterprise Architecture Management

Buckl

Matthes

Schweda

2011

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Abstract. Responding to the increasing complexity and diversity of information systems development, method engineering provides techniques and tools for the analysis, design, and evolution of information systems. Similar challenges can be found in the research area of enterprise architecture (EA) management, whose main goal is to enhance the alignment of business and IT. While a multitude of methods and models to support EA management have been proposed over the years, situational factors as the goals pursued or the organizational context, in which the management function has to be embedded, are typically neglected.In this paper, we present a building block base for the design of situated EA management functions based on a comprehensive collection of best practice methods and models for EA management. Therefore, we discuss related work from the area of situational method engineering and pattern-based development and design. Based on these foundations, a building block base and the contained building blocks are presented and are applied alongside a case study from industry. The discussion is complemented by a prototypic tool implementation, which can be used to support the configuration process for situational methods. MotivationThe enterprise forms a complex structure constituted of a large number of highly interdependent elements. The constant need to adapt this structure in response to changing external influences, as economic factors or new regulations, calls for an embracing approach to control and govern the necessary transformations. Enterprise architecture (EA) management is a discipline aiming to provide guidance for the enterprise transformation by taking a holistic perspective on the enterprise, covering concepts from the business to the IT infrastructure level, but also accounting for cross-cutting aspects as strategies, projects, or standards.The embracingness of the management subject raises different implications relevant to EA management as a function. Most obvious, the holistic perspective taken requires a large amount on information about the architecture elements as well as their interdependencies. Collecting the relevant information, but also keeping the information up-to-date, communicating it to the interested parties

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Towards a Common Terminology in the Discipline of Enterprise Architecture

Cited by 57 publications

References 46 publications

An Experts' Perspective on Enterprise Architecture Goals, Framework Adoption and Benefit Assessment

An Experts' Perspective on Enterprise Architecture Goals, Framework Adoption and Benefit Assessment

Design Science Evaluation for Enterprise Architecture Business Value Assessments

A Method Base for Enterprise Architecture Management

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