Frameworks for Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Architecture: A Tool for IS Strategy Formulation

“…Furthermore, maintenance is a challenging task of EA because operation consistency must be maintained during the EA implementation; thus precise scheduling is required [40]. Shah and Kourdi, 2007 highlight the challenges of enterprise architecture form two perspectives: EA frameworks and organizational structure. Existing enterprise architecture frameworks are not responsive to the changes in the business strategy.…”

“…There is no rigid methodology to develop and manage information systems in the context of enterprise architecture. This is due to the lack of formal process for defining, implementing, and maintain enterprise architecture [41].…”

The Use of Enterprise Architecture Framework for Improving Service Quality (Case Study ABC State Attorney)

“…Enterprise architecture is an integrated and holistic vision of a system's fundamental organization, embodied in its elements (people, processes, applications, and so on), their relationships to each other and to the environment, and the principles guiding its design and evolution [4].…”

“…Its reemergence as a way to cope with organizations' ever-increasing complexity relates to evolving new business trends and IT. Business trends comprise globalization, mergers and acquisitions, e-commerce, and customer-relationship and supply-chain management [4].…”

Challenges and solutions in enterprise computing

“…The benefits of enterprise architectures are widely accepted, and reference architectures are available that identify the scope of architectural concerns and how these concerns can be decomposed and separated (Shah and El Kourdi 2007). Nonetheless, challenges remain in this area, especially since new requirements with respect to interoperability and flexibility have to be addressed, which leads to increased complexity of enterprise systems.…”