Leveraging business-IT alignment through enterprise architecture—an empirical study to estimate the extents

Alaeddini, Morteza; Asgari, Hamed; Gharibi, A.; Rad, Mona Rashidi

doi:10.1007/s10799-016-0256-6

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“…Multiple researchers presented a profound understanding of EA implementation and its benefits in an organization [14][15][16][17][18]. Previous studies addressed different processes and frameworks for the realization of EA benefits but some of them either discussed this issue with limited factors [19] or did not provide empirical evidence [20].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The idea of the interview instrument is used by different researchers who elaborate the analysis by providing important quotes given by the stakeholders who participated in the investigation [4,28,29]. In summary, the EA implications can be categorized in multiple directions, such as it can help to improve process management [22]; EA creates a proper documentation for services, modeling, and other items [30]; EA supports IT resource allocation and management to handle all business processes [15]. Based on this, the attempt to measure EA benefits can be applied in different ways according to the main objective of the research.…”

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Enterprise Architecture and Organizational Benefits: A Case Study

Saleem

Fakieh

2020

Sustainability

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Enterprise architecture (EA) is a framework that consists of multiple processes to align business strategies with information technology (IT) architecture. It helps the organization standardize business operations and incorporate systems in different layers to achieve business goals and organizational benefits. This study focuses on identifying organizational benefits that can be achieved through EA implementation. The study comprises three main phases: (i) benefits realization (from literature review), (ii) benefits reconfirmation (from EA experts), and (iii) benefits validation (through a case study). Specifically, the benefits considered in this study are related to EA products, services, and strategies are known as: (i) business agility, (ii) creating competitive advantage, and (iii) increasing value. The study covers a vast literature review to define the current status of EA and organizational benefits. In addition, the study incorporates a number of measuring factors for each EA benefits with the help of a literature review. The initial findings reconfirmed and modified based on the experts’ opinions collected through interview sessions. The research applied the grounded theory and qualitative approach to analyze the interview sessions. Accordingly, using the experts’ advice, we proposed a model to show the steps and guidelines for assessing EA organizational benefits using corresponding measuring factors and sub-criteria. Finally, the proposed model validated through an in-depth case study to get final confirmation and see the model fits reality. Overall, this research highlight the potential benefits an organization can achieve from EA framework implementation. The proposed framework can assist EA decision-makers to understand and realize the EA benefits and its assessment process.

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Enterprise Architecture and Organizational Benefits: A Case Study

Saleem

Fakieh

2020

Sustainability

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“…There are a few empirical studies linking EA activities to actual benefits (Foorthuis et al 2010;Hazen et al 2017;Kurek et al 2017;Lange et al 2012;Schmidt and Buxmann 2011). Additionally, the benefit-realization process itself has been addressed (e.g., Alaeddini et al 2017;Foorthuis et al 2015;Lange et al 2016;Shanks et al 2018). Despite these studies, it is unclear how EA benefits are realized and where the EA benefits actually stem from, as the studies are often abstract or contradictory.…”

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“…Consequently, in this article the term ''EA benefit-realization process'' refers to the chain of constructs and their interrelationships leading to the Architectural results, organizational performance realization of benefits from EA. In the literature, EA benefit realization is often seen as a simple process with only two steps: specific constructs are interrelated with specific benefits (e.g., Alaeddini et al 2017;Bischoff et al 2014;Lagerström et al 2011;Schmidt and Buxmann 2011;van Steenbergen et al 2011). Yet the benefits may also be realized indirectly through one or more intermediary constructs (e.g., Foorthuis et al 2015;Lange et al 2016;Shanks et al 2018;Tamm et al 2011;Weiss et al 2013).…”

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The Benefits of Enterprise Architecture in Organizational Transformation

Niemi¹,

Pekkola

2019

Bus Inf Syst Eng

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Today, as organizations constantly adjust their activities to meet ever-changing circumstances, continuous business transformation is taking place. However, planning and steering this transformation can be a daunting task as complexity has been built into the organization over the years. Enterprise Architecture (EA) has been widely adapted as a planning and governance approach to manage the complexity and constant change, and to align the organization toward a common goal. This article studies the EA benefit-realization process by clarifying how EA benefits are realized. Specifically, the focus is on the strategies, resources, and practices which the EA benefits stem from. The findings, derived from an in-depth case study, show that the EA benefit-realization process constitutes a long, intertwined chain of activities. Organizations benefit from EA through various means: from the initiation, when comprehensive understanding starts to form, until years later, when measurable outcomes such as cost savings materialize. Suggestions on what to incorporate into EA programs are presented.

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“…This need may be filled by the concept of Enterprise Architecture, which is defined as a set of models and definitions describing the structure of an enterprise, its subsystems and the relationships between them, terminology to employ and guiding principles for design and future evolution [14]. EA development is a continuous iterative process which may be approached using EA frameworks including tools, techniques, process model, artefact descriptions and guidance for EA design.…”

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An architectural approach to IT–business alignment

Malyzhenkov

Іванова²

2017

Bus. Inform.

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АbstractInformation technologies have evolved from their traditional back-offi ce role to a strategic resource role that can not only support but also shape business strategies. Still, diff erent analytical sources indicate that only a small number of projects complete on-time and on-budget, leading to initially specifi ed goals and results. The main problem is the creation and formalization of an IT-business alignment mechanism which for over a decade has been ranked as a top-priority management concern and is widely covered in theoretical literature. However, the fi eld is dominated by conceptual studies, while there is little research on practical ways to achieve the alignment. Moreover, most of the existing research focuses on the alignment assessment using questionnaire methods based on the subjective judgement of IT and business executives. From this point of view, Enterprise Architecture development as a methodological approach to the mutually aligned business and IT architectures' design, represents a suitable tool for solving this problem. However, most of the existing EA approaches do not distinguish between diff erent IT-business alignment perspectives. This paper attempts to provide practical guidance for IT-business alignment as well as strategic guidance for EA development by integrating the traditional Strategic Alignment Model and the TOGAF framework.

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Leveraging business-IT alignment through enterprise architecture—an empirical study to estimate the extents

Cited by 28 publications

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Enterprise Architecture and Organizational Benefits: A Case Study

Enterprise Architecture and Organizational Benefits: A Case Study

The Benefits of Enterprise Architecture in Organizational Transformation

An architectural approach to IT–business alignment

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