Enterprise architecture implementation as interpersonal connection: Building support and commitment

Dale, Mark; Scheepers, Helana

doi:10.1111/isj.12255

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“…Many architecture projects are not successful because of the different challenges that they encounter in the process [39]. Some of the challenges are attributable to the gap that exists between the architects and other stakeholders, which manifest from attention being given to nontechnical issues [40].…”

Section: Too Much Attention On Political Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Silo deployment of a domain or domains leads to lack of leverage and alignment between the enabled and the enabler [43]. As a result, many organizations are either unable to implement their ETA plans or only able to partially implement them [40].…”

Section: Enterprise Technical Architecture In Isolationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To mitigate against the challenges, Banaeianjahromi, N., & Smolander suggest that it is crucial to understand the influencing factors during development [39]. In the context, there is a need to examine the relationship between architects and other stakeholders [40]. The development helps clarify the deployment and use of IS/IT solutions, which include processes, technical platforms, such as servers and databases, and of their mutual dependencies [57].…”

Section: Enterprise Technical Architecturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Phase 4: As shown in Figure 1, the implementation phase consists of four stages: Gap analysis; Migration planning; Implementation planning; and Project [12]. Although architects are responsible for the implementation of the architectures, they depend on executives, on decision relating to non-technical issues, which often pose challenges to architecture solutions [40]. This can be attributed to lack of implementation strategy.…”

Section: Enterprise Technical Architecturementioning

confidence: 99%

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Towards Enterprise Technical Architecture for the Implementation of the South African NHI

Chitsa¹,

Iyamu²

2020

Adv. sci. technol. eng. syst. j.

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This paper provides an insight about the significance of the enterprise technical architecture (ETA) in enabling and supporting the implementation of the South African National Health Insurance (NHI). Design: Existing documentations from both academic and government domains were gathered, and analyzed using the hermeneutics technique, from the perspective of interpretivist approach. Based on the analysis, the paper reveals the cruciality of the ETA in the implementation of the Universal health coverage (NHC) in the South African environment. The paper is intended to be of use for the core stakeholders of the NHI, which include governments' administrations, IT specialists, health practitioners, as well as academics.

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Section: Too Much Attention On Political Issuesmentioning

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Section: Enterprise Technical Architecturementioning

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Section: Enterprise Technical Architecturementioning

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Towards Enterprise Technical Architecture for the Implementation of the South African NHI

Chitsa¹,

Iyamu²

2020

Adv. sci. technol. eng. syst. j.

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“…In the sixth paper, Dale and Scheepers () address an ongoing problem that organizations have in implementing their enterprise architecture (EA) plans. Despite more than three decades of EA research, organizations continue to have difficulty implementing their EA plans and architects continue to have difficulty building shared understandings and objectives with their stakeholders.…”

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Exploring Causal Factors Influencing Enterprise Architecture Failure

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Janssen

2020

Re-Imagining Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology and Systems: A Continuing Conversation

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Organizations have adopted Enterprise Architecture (EA) for managing their IT-landscape and ensuring coherence among projects and activities. There is much work about approaches, methods, and tools for EA based on the assumption that their use will create business value. However, the failure of many EA efforts results in the need to investigate the factors influencing EA failure in practice. In this paper, we used a literature review to identify ten EA failure factors. Then we employed the grey-DEMATEL method to explore and analyze the influence of the ten EA failure factors based on the input of five EA experts. The result shows that failure factors are not in isolation, and they can be divided into either causal or effect factors. The factors do not have equal importance but differ in the levels of influence. For the causal factors, the ranking from most to least important is the inability to handle complexity, lack of proven EA methodology, lack of EA knowledge, lack of communication, and lack of tools. For the effect factors, the factors are a lack of support, too high effort, lack of motivation, parallel processes, and unused artifacts. We recommend practitioners to pay more attention to the five causal factors in their EA efforts. Further research is needed to generalize the findings, to understand the dependencies among factors, and to take into account situational dependency of EA failure.

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Enterprise architecture implementation as interpersonal connection: Building support and commitment

Abstract: Although architects are often made responsible for enterprise architecture implementation (EAI), they are dependent on business executives to fund the technology products and technology executives to provide staff and resources to support their implementation. Moreover, existing research

Cited by 11 publications

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Towards Enterprise Technical Architecture for the Implementation of the South African NHI

Towards Enterprise Technical Architecture for the Implementation of the South African NHI

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Exploring Causal Factors Influencing Enterprise Architecture Failure

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