Complexity Levels of Representing Dynamics in EA Planning
ISBN
978-3-642-01915-9
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2009-06-08
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Research Team
IWI1
Abstract
Enterprise Architecture (EA) models provide information on the fundamental as-is structure of a company or governmental agency and thus serve as an informational basis for informed decisions in enterprise transformation projects. At the same time EA models provide a means to develop and visualize to-be states in the EA planning process. Results of a literature review and implications from industry practices show that existing EA planning processes do not sufficiently cover dynamic aspects in EA planning. This paper conceptualizes seven levels of complexity for structuring EA planning dynamics by a system of interrelated as-is and to-be models. While level 1 represents the lowest complexity with non-connected as-is and to-be models, level 7 covers a multi-period planning process also taking plan deviations during transformation phases into account. Based on these complexity levels, a multi-stage evolution of EA planning processes is proposed which develops non-dynamic as-is EA modeling into full-scale EA planning.
Language
English
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Advances in Enterprise Engineering III, Proc. 5th Int. Workshop CIAO! 2009 and 5th Int. Workshop EOMAS 2009
Publisher
Springer
Publisher place
Berlin
Start page
55
End page
69
Pages
15
Event Title
The 5th International Workshop on Cooperation & Interoperability - Architecture & Ontology (CIAO! 2009) in conjunction with the CAiSE'09 conference
Event Location
Amsterdam
Event Date
08.-09.06.2009
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Division(s)
Eprints ID
67791
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