Enterprise ArchitectureJeannine Jacobs

Past, Present, Future

What makes EA Successful?

Past Research in EA• Research before 2004 focused on

frameworks and adoption• Daniel Simon and team

Bibliometric analysis 126 references, 80 research papers

and several surveys Narrow range of topics (frameworks,

specific research groups) Lack of focus on core aspects of

enterprise architecture (architectural processes, the EA meta model, and business architecture)

• Focused on the HOW not the WHY

Current Trends in EA Research• Research focused on adoption (Langenberg)• Majority of research on tools and business/IT connection• Ralph Foorthuis, et al – Fragmented theory• Daniel Simon, Kai Fischbach, and Detlef Schode

No consistent terminology & a lack of focus on strategy• Brian Cameron and Eric McMillan

Current trend not focused on HOW to choose an appropriate framework for a business

• Compare to long history of construction industry EA still lacks common symbols and language (Chen)

Future EA Research• Multi-discipline viewpoint needed to expand understanding of EA• Case-studies needed for knowledge base• Evaluation Techniques• Basic research• Standardization of language and symbols• Modeling

Needed for Maturity & Growth…

Questions?

REFERENCES

• Azevedo, Carlos L. B., Marten van Sinderen, and João Paulo A. Almeida. "Aligning Enterprise Architecture with Strategic Planning." Advanced Information Systems Engineering Workshops. Springer International Publishing, 2015.

• Bernard, Scott. “An Introduction to Enterprise Architecture.”• Buckl, Sabine, Florian Matthes, and Christian M. Schweda. "Future Research Topics in

Enterprise Architecture Management – A Knowledge Management Perspective."• Cameron, Brian H. and Eric McMillan. "Analyzing the Current Trends in Enterprise

Architecture Frameworks."• Chen, David, Guy Doumeingts, and Franc¸ois Vernadat. "Architectures for enterprise

integration and interoperability: Past, present and future.”• Erbes, Jamie, Hamid R. Motahari-Nezhad, and Sven Graupner. "The Future of

Enterprise IT in the Cloud."• Foorthuis, Ralph, Marlies van Steenbergen, Sjaak Brinkkemper, and Wiel A. G. Bruls.

"A theory building study of enterprise architecture practices and benefits." • Langenberg, Kerstin, and Dr. Alain Wegmann. “Enterprise Architecture: What Aspects

is Current Research Targeting?”• Lindstrom, Asa, Pontus Johnson, Erik Johansson, Mathias Ekstedt, and Marten

Simonsson. "A survey on CIO concerns-do enterprise architecture frameworks support them?"

• Simon, Daniel, Kai Fischbach, and Detlef Schoder. "An Exploration of Enterprise Architecture Research."