Essential Layers, Artifacts, and Dependencies of Enterprise Architecture
Journal
Journal of Enterprise Architecture
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2007-06-01
Author(s)
Research Team
IWI1
Abstract
After a period where implementation speed was more important than integration, consistency and reduction of complexity, architectural considerations have become a key issue of information management in recent years again. Enterprise architecture is widely accepted as an essential mechanism for ensuring agility and consistency, compliance and efficiency. Although standards like TOGAF and FEAF have developed, however, there is no common agreement on which architecture layers, which artifact types and which dependencies constitute the essence of enterprise architecture. This paper contributes to the identification of essential elements of enterprise architecture by (1) specifying enterprise architecture as a hierarchical, multilevel system comprising aggregation hierarchies, architecture layers and views, (2) discussing enterprise architecture frameworks with regard to essential elements, (3) proposing interfacing requirements of enterprise architecture with other architecture models and (4) matching these findings with current enterprise architecture practice in several large companies.
Language
English
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
No
Volume
3
Number
2
Start page
7
End page
18
Pages
12
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
213147
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