What Enterprise Architecture Can Bring for Digital Transformation: An Exploratory Study

Hafsi, Mouaad; Assar, Saïd

doi:10.1109/cbi.2016.55

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“…Since its inception, several different EA frameworks were developed from different perspectives and disciplines. Due to space limitations, we will mostly focus on the ZFEA, however, several works on the history, evolution, purpose of, and recent developments within EA are included as references [3,12,13,16,17,[32][33][34][35][36][37][38]. In Sect.…”

Section: Enterprise Architecturementioning

confidence: 99%

The Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture: An Explanatory IS Theory

Gerber

Roux

Kearney

et al. 2020

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Enterprise Architecture (EA) has had an interesting and often controversial history since its inception in the late 80's by pioneers such as John Zachman. Zachman proposed the Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture (ZFEA), a descriptive, holistic representation of an enterprise for the purposes of providing insights and understanding. Some scholars claim that EA is an imperative to ensure successful business structures or business-IT alignment, or more recently with Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM), to manage required organizational transformation. However, EA initiatives within companies are often costly and the expected return on investment is not realized. In fact, Gartner recently indicated in their 2018 Enterprise Architecture Hype Cycle that EA is slowly emerging from the trough of disillusionment after nearly a decade. In this paper we argue that the role and value of EA is often misunderstood, and that EA, specifically the ZFEA for the purpose of this paper, could be considered as a theory given the view of theory within Information Systems (IS). The purpose of IS theories is to analyse, predict, explain and/or prescribe and it could be argued that EA often conform to these purposes. Using the taxonomy of theories as well as the structural components of theory within IS as proposed by Gregor, we motivate that the ZFEA could be regarded as an explanatory theory. Positioning ZFEA as IS explanatory theory provides insight into the role and purpose of the ZFEA (and by extension EA), and could assist researchers and practitioners with mediating the challenges experienced when instituting EA and EAM initiatives within organizations.

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Section: Enterprise Architecturementioning

confidence: 99%

The Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture: An Explanatory IS Theory

Gerber

Roux

Kearney

et al. 2020

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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“…Several researchers highlighted adapting Enterprise Architecture (EA) as a problem-solving tool and enabler for organizational change in supporting DT initiatives (Hafsi & Assar, 2016;Ylinen & Pekkola, 2019). The implementation of EA supports the holistic development and management of technologies, information systems, processes, and data.…”

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Leveraging Enterprise Architecture for Digital Transformation Adaptation Challenges in Higher Education Institutions

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2021

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The rapid proliferation and emergence of mobile, digital technologies, smartphone devices, big data, cloud computing and Internet of Things (IoT) have given rise to a new era of Digital Transformation (DT). DT is shifting not only technological advancements but also involves changes to business processes, organization structure, business models, managerial and culture. Higher Education Institution (HEI) are undergoing some forms of DT and is affected by these changes. Technology is changing the way many HEIs operate and to ensure survival, HEI needs to adapt to DT changes. However, HEIs are facing difficulties in adapting to DT. The main objective of this paper is to identify DT adaptation challenges in HEI based on literature review. Result from the literature review lists the HEI DT adaptation challenges and Enterprise Architecture(EA) is identified as a facilitator and enabler to support DT initiatives.

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“…For example, a model was proposed in research for defining enterprise architecture as a supporting tool, which only discussed its conceptual view. In that model, the research provided four different perspectives of EA, such as (i) unified view, (ii) creating the architecture vision, (iii) architecture repository, and (iv) stakeholder management [2]. The framework did not provide a way towards implementation and empirical study.…”

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“…The concept of EA came into high demand due to the dynamic business environment and its dependency on technological resources. Furthermore, the current use of technology in business and its intimacy in running of business operations has created a new perspective of doing business [2]. Technology has drastically changed the enterprise's working environment.…”

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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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What Enterprise Architecture Can Bring for Digital Transformation: An Exploratory Study

Cited by 26 publications

References 6 publications

The Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture: An Explanatory IS Theory

The Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture: An Explanatory IS Theory

Leveraging Enterprise Architecture for Digital Transformation Adaptation Challenges in Higher Education Institutions

Enterprise Architecture and Organizational Benefits: A Case Study

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