Simplicity is not Simple: How Business Architecture in One of Belgium’s Biggest Companies Can Be Simple and Easy-to-Use

Abstract

Abstract. As organizations are becoming more complex, Enterprise Architecture (EA) serves as an important means to align the strategy with the operations and to achieve business/IT (i.e., Information Technology) alignment. Although numerous approaches have been designed for large enterprises, little EA research was oriented towards smalland medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, both organizational types are fundamentally different and require a tailored approach. Therefore, CHOOSE was designed as an EA approach that is in accordance with the needs of SMEs. By performing a case study in the department of a large enterprise, this paper aims to investigate how CHOOSE can be used outside its original context. More specifically, it will be examined how the metamodel and modeling method could be adjusted to deliver an overview and valuable insights about a complex business reality. To realize this, potential solutions for the encountered issues are formulated and evaluated by the involved business stakeholders.

Analytics-Enabled Adaptive Business Architecture Modeling

“…• Business-IT alignment: Using EA as an enabler to align an organization's IT capabilities with business objectives or vice versa [1], [4].…”

“…Enterprise Architecture (EA) is an important discipline for handling organizational design and its underlying complexity [1]. It helps to address the alignment and integration of business and IT [1], [2] through strategy to execution [3] for enabling business value [2].…”

“…Enterprise Architecture (EA) is an important discipline for handling organizational design and its underlying complexity [1]. It helps to address the alignment and integration of business and IT [1], [2] through strategy to execution [3] for enabling business value [2]. In particular, EA is a way to take an organization from a high-level strategy to execution, and also provides oversight and governance of their program of works [4].…”