Enterprise Architecture

Business architecture for inter-organisational innovation networks: A case study comparison from South Africa and Germany

by Corne Schutte

Gous, H., Gard, J., Baltes, G., Schutte, C. S. L., & Gerber, A. (2011). Business architecture for inter-organisational innovation networks: A case study comparison from South Africa and Germany. Concurrent Enterprising (ICE), 2011 17th International Conference on. IEEE. Retrieved from http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=6041244

The range of inter-organisational innovation networks existing in the global economy today show a wide variance in... more The range of inter-organisational innovation networks existing in the global economy today show a wide variance in structure, purpose, location, lifespan and maturity. These differences between network instantiations highlight the need for deeper understanding of the operation of these networks in order to enable efforts to improve network performance. These efforts include strategic management routines for network leadership, as well as the development of appropriate support structures, e.g. information systems architectures. An important step towards a deeper understanding of inter-organisational innovation networks is to compare the business architectures of network case studies to identify similarities and differences in terms of scope and context, business concepts and underlying system logic. The Zachman framework for enterprise architecture provides an approach to structuring the business architecture of enterprises in a way that allows such comparisons to be drawn. This paper describes the business architecture of two contrasting network case studies from South Africa and Germany within the Zachman framework, and draws some conclusions based on the observed similarities and conclusions.

Enterprise Architecture jako podpora transformace (EA as Transformation Support)

by Pavel Hrabě

Paper was created for internal conference of VSE FIS, called "Den doktorandů 2012", which occurred February 14-th, 2012 in Prague.
Paper will be available on VSE KIT pages soon.

The article deals with the possibilities of using the overall Enterprise Architecture as a means of holistic... more The article deals with the possibilities of using the overall Enterprise Architecture as a means of holistic understanding of organizations, as support for effective decision making of organization’s management and as a method of driving innovation and transformation of the organization.
The article presents the principles of further development and expected changes in the Enterprise Architecture needed to allow the EA to play a positive role in promoting and management of the transformation of organizations. Thus it is in particular the holistic approach and trustworthiness.
Holistic approach will be achieved by further expanding the range of objects which are subject of interest of the EA to the extent of knowledge acquired by enterprise ontology. By that journey overall concept of enterprise architectures should be divided into layers with different levels of detail information (granularity) so that a holistic layer with limited granularity remains useful as a managerial tool and control layer for further segmented architectures and solution architectures.
Article refers to the experience of using EA to transform the public sector and provides process design changes or local development of architectural frameworks for EA in the Czech Republic and its implementation for the total sample of national architecture and industrial architecture for SME segment. The proposed process is divided into a number of separately executable steps, bringing concrete outputs and products, enabling effective partnership law, research and private sector.
Key words: Enterprise Architecture, Business Transformation, Public Sector, SME, Management Method.

Infusing an Architectural Framework with Neoinstitutional Theory

by Johan Magnusson

Towards the formalisation of the TOGAF Content Metamodel using ontologies

by Alta Van der Merwe

Developing life-cycle phases for the DoDAF using ISO15704 Annex A (GERAM)

by M. A. Achachlouei

Journal: Computers in Industry (edited by Elsevier)
Article in Press, 2010
doi:10.1016/j.compind.2010.07.002

This paper presents a development of an enterprise architecture framework, DoDAF, based on life-cycle concept of the... more This paper presents a development of an enterprise architecture framework, DoDAF, based on life-cycle concept of the Generalized Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology (GERAM) framework/ISO 15704:2000 requirements. Previous research has identified areas of concern within DoDAF by analyzing and evaluating DoDAF against GERAM and potentially assisting in its future development. This paper aims to extend existing architecture description process and artifacts within DoDAF that match the scope of the GERAM life-cycle phases. For this development we use life-cycle aspect of three well-known reference architectures (including PERA, CIMOSA, and GRAI-GIM) that were the basis in formation of GERAM.

Graphity - A Generic Linked Data Framework

by Julius Šėporaitis

A position paper for W3C Linked Enterprise Data Patterns workshop (http://www.w3.org/2011/09/LinkedData/)

Co-authored with Martynas Jusevičius and Aleksandras Smirnovas

Before building the danish entertainment site HeltNormalt we were facing architectural and design decisions. As a... more Before building the danish entertainment site HeltNormalt we were facing architectural and design decisions. As a successor of the daily Wulffmorgenthaler comic strip, it had to include a dozen of content types, containing (one or more) images, plain text, XHTML, or a combination of these.

We chose Linked Data as the primary design principle, and this choice brought us a number of great advantages. We would like to share the knowledge we gathered during our development process and show that Linked Data can both be used to build mainstream websites, as well as serve as a platform for the next generation of innovative data-driven Web applications.

BPM meeting with SOA: a customized solution for small business enterprises

by Imran Sarwar Bajwa

IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information management & Engineering (ICIME 2009) pp:677-682

This research paper presents a new pattern for the espousal of SOA in small enterprises for the service delivery... more This research paper presents a new pattern for the espousal of SOA in small enterprises for the service delivery beyond the typical role of SOA and BPM for dynamic endorsement of the processes beyond the ordinary border-lines. In comparison with large enterprises, the presented framework can expose the fact that the improvements of service orientation and the fruits of process management can be confined for small business enterprises as well. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Business Process Management (BPM) in combination have been used for agility in services and dynamic process management for many years. The partnership of BPM and SOA has been fruitful by merging the benefits of both sides. These benefits are still being wallowed by the large sized enterprises, who can not only handle these large scale architectures using their vigorous work force but also have the enough budget to manage the ultimate expenses. In this paper, the key issues regarding the transformation of BPM and SOA partnership for small business enterprises has been elaborated.

SOA and BPM Partnership: A paradigm for Dynamic and Flexible Process and IT Management

by Imran Sarwar Bajwa

WASET 2008 International Conference, Lyon, France pp:16-22

Business Process Management (BPM) helps in optimizing the business processes inside an enterprise. But BPM... more Business Process Management (BPM) helps in optimizing the business processes inside an enterprise. But BPM architecture does not provide any help for extending the enterprise. Modern business environments and rapidly changing technologies are asking for brisk changes in the business processes. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) can help in enabling the success of enterprise-wide BPM. SOA supports agility in software development that is directly related to achieve loose coupling of interacting software agents. Agility is a premium concern of the current software designing architectures. Together, BPM and SOA provide a perfect combination for enterprise computing. SOA provides the capabilities for services to be combined together and to support and create an agile, flexible enterprise. But there are still many questions to answer; BPM is better or SOA? and what is the future track of BPM and SOA? This paper tries to answer some of these important questions.

Failover in Cellular Automata

by Shrisha Rao

Co-authored with Shailesh Kumar. Physics Procedia (Elsevier), vol. 22, 2011, pp. 557--564. doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2011.11.086

This paper studies a phenomenon called failover, and shows that this phenomenon (in particular, stateless failover)... more This paper studies a phenomenon called failover, and shows that this phenomenon (in particular, stateless failover) can be modeled by Game of Life cellular automata. This is the first time that this sophisticated real-life system behavior has been modeled in abstract terms. A cellular automata (CA) configuration is constructed that exhibits emergent failover. The configuration is based on standard Game of Life rules. Gliders and glider-guns form the core messaging structure in the configuration. The blinker is represented as the basic computational unit, and it is shown how it can be recreated in case of a failure. Stateless failover using the primary-backup mechanism is demonstrated. The details of the CA components used in the configuration and its working are described, and a simulation of the complete configuration is also presented.

Extending Enterprise Architecture Modeling Languages: Application to Telecommunications Service Creation

by Vanea CHIPRIANOV

Enterprise Engineering offers a global view on multiple concerns such as processes, stakeholders, supporting... more Enterprise Engineering offers a global view on multiple concerns such as processes, stakeholders, supporting technology. This global view is sustained by Enterprise Architecture frameworks, languages, tools and standards. The current effort has been focused on general purpose Enterprise Architecture frameworks, modeling languages and tools, which allow describing a wide range of domains. While they are expressive enough at the business layer, at the technical layer, where more detail is needed to describe a domain specific system, such general purpose Enterprise Architecture Modeling Languages sometime lack the semantic strength required. The concepts present in the language are too abstract, they need refinement and specification. To provide the necessary specific semantic strength, this paper proposes an approach to extend Enterprise Architecture Modeling Languages with domain specificity. The proposed approach is a model-driven one, allowing a high degree of automation in the building of tools for the language extension. To better show its benefits, the approach is applied on the domain of Telecommunications, for defining an Enterprise Architecture Modeling Language extension for service creation. The so defined language and its associated tools are illustrated on an IP Multimedia Subsystem conferencing service example.

The Open Innovation OF Management and Organization

by Charles Despres

In Meschi, P-X. and Dibaggio, L. (eds). Managing in the Knowledge Economy. Prentice Hall (forthcoming).

History bears witness to the fact that new technologies are capable of transforming business and management by... more History bears witness to the fact that new technologies are capable of transforming business and management by fundamentally reshaping information channels, power dynamics, knowledge dynamics and (ultimately) organizational designs. The most recent socio-technical transformations in this vein are redefining business in the Knowledge Economy: new paradigms for innovation and organisational design are emerging that keep pace with, but also fuel, the increased complexity and connectedness facing managers today. This chapter introduces a weak signal of this genre that is emerging as we write: the application of Open Innovation (OI) principles and practices to the design and management of the organization itself.

An Experts Perspective on Enterprise Architecture Goals, Framework Adoption and Benefit Assessment,

by Matthias Lange

Co-authoed with Jan Mendling, published in Proceedings of the 6th Trends in Enterprise Architecture Research Workshop, 2011

In recent years, enterprise architecture (EA) management has become an intensively discussed approach in both industry... more In recent years, enterprise architecture (EA) management has become an intensively discussed approach in both industry and academia for managing the complexity of an enterprise from a holistic perspective. While there is a strong academic and practical interest in EA frameworks and EA modeling, there is a notable insecurity about the cost benefit ratio of EA. In this paper, we address this research problem with a qualitative research design. We conduct a series of semi-structured interviews with industry experts on enterprise architecture in order to identify classes of EA goals, corresponding EA frameworks adoption to achieve these goals and employed EA benefit assessment approaches. The findings point to, among others, a fairly stable set of EA goals that shift over time and EA frameworks that lack modularity and adjustment capabilities to easily customize towards these goals. This paper is part of an ongoing exploratory research that aims at researching which benefits emanate from EA.

A fleet (or asset) lifecycle knowledge management architecture

by William P. Hall

2002: Hall, W.P., & McFie, K. 2002. - Presentation at ActKM Forum. Third Annual Conference 22 October 2002 Rydges Lakeside Canberra.

The presentation summarises and illustrates the enterprise architecture developed for the management of support... more The presentation summarises and illustrates the enterprise architecture developed for the management of support engineering technical data and documentation developed by Tenix Defence for the ANZAC Frigates, a fleet of 10 ships designed and built by Tenix for the Australian and New Zealand Navies. The architecture covers the entire cycle of data and knowledge development from engineering design, support engineering, production, operation, maintenance and feedback of operational and maintenance experience into the support engineering activity for engineering and documentation changes.

Implementing defence documentation standards in fully controlled engineering management environments

by William P. Hall

2005: Hall, W.P., Richards, G., Sarelius, C. - Presentation (in) OpenPublish 2005. 5th Annual Conference for Standards in Publishing, Sydney - July 27-29, 2005.

Presents the history of Tenix Defence's architectural development of state-of-the-art engineering technical data and... more Presents the history of Tenix Defence's architectural development of state-of-the-art engineering technical data and content management for major defense projects, including the $ 7 BN ANZAC Ship Project to build 10 frigates for the Australian and New Zealand Navies, and the M113 Upgrade Project to rebuild as new 350 light armored vehicles. Both projects combined structured authoring with the support engineering database to ensure complete coherence of detailed parts data and structured (SGML/XML) textual documentation. The M113 Project fully implemented the S1000D standard for technical data and documentation. The M113 system is demonstrated with a "walk through".

A Framework for the Improvement of Knowledge-Intensive Business Processes

by William P. Hall

2007: Dalmaris, P., Tsui, E., Hall, W.P., Smith, B. A Framework for the improvement of knowledge-intensive business processes. Business Process Management Journal. 13(2): 279-305.

This paper presents of a field-tested framework for improving knowledge-intensive business processes. This framework... more This paper presents of a field-tested framework for improving knowledge-intensive business processes. This framework addresses a gap in the area of knowledge-based process improvement identified via a literature review. It also addresses weaknesses and shortcomings related to the knowledge aspects of business processes of established process improvement methodologies such as TQM and Six Sigma. The framework, based on an extension of Karl Popper’s epistemology, enables the integration and synthesis of concepts and techniques typically applied in business process management and knowledge management. This framework consists of three tiered components: the epistemological foundation, a business process ontology, and an improvement methodology. The ontology is used for the capturing of data on those key components of the business process that are critical for the improvement effort. The methodology guides an organisation through the steps of process improvement. Finally, the three case studies that were used to design and field-test the framework are presented.

Managing lifecycles of complex projects

by William P. Hall

2007: Hall, W.P. Managing lifecycles of complex projects. Government Transformation Journal, July 2007. Center for Public-Private Enterprise.

In this paper, Product Lifecycle Management ("PLM") refers to both the software application framework and... more In this paper, Product Lifecycle Management ("PLM") refers to both the software application framework and discipline for electronically authoring and managing product related data, information and knowledge in large and complex engineering projects. Properly implemented, PLM revolutionizes the way projects are managed and can greatly reduce project costs by comparison to paper-based authoring and management systems. This paper summarizes some of the concepts developed over 17 years analyzing, controlling and designing systems to manage technical data, documentation and knowledge relating to various aspects of defense projects.

Organisational management of project and technical knowledge over fleet lifecycles

by William P. Hall

2008: Hall, W.P., Richards, G., Sarelius, C., Kilpatrick, B. 2008. Organisational management of project and technical knowledge over fleet lifecycles. Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 5(2):81-95.

Complex engineered products are all knowledge intensive. It is crucial for suppliers and operators of such... more Complex engineered products are all knowledge intensive. It is crucial for suppliers and operators of such "fleets" of equipment to manage and minimise product costs and risks. Many schedule delays, cost overruns, accidents, excessive operating costs, and premature proeduct failures result from ineffective management of product data, information and knowledge. This paper reviews solutions base don integrating structured authoring and product lifecycle management systems and data warehousing implemented by a large project engineering and management organisation and the development of an alliance organisational form to support the product to reduce costs, risks and hazards through comprehensive and coherent management of project data, information and knowledge.

A study on the logistics and performance of a real ‘virtual enterprise’

by William P. Hall

2006: Mo, J.P.T., Zhou, M. Anticev, J., Nemes, L., Jones, M., Hall, W.P. A study on the logistics and performance of a real ‘virtual enterprise’. International Journal of Business Performance Management 8(2/3): 152-169.

Tenix won the ANZAC Ship Contract in November 1989 to build ten guided missile frigates for the navies of Australia... more Tenix won the ANZAC Ship Contract in November 1989 to build ten guided missile frigates for the navies of Australia and New Zealand. The ships are planned to have a service life of 25 to 30 years. Within this time period, there will be changes in the operational requirements for these vessels. The ANZAC Ship Alliance is a virtual enterprise formed by Tenix Defence, Saab Systems and the Australian Commonwealth with the aim to provide service support over the lifetime of the ‘product’. It is a framework of a dedicated supply chain that coordinates the service supplies across company boundaries. A two-stage study showed that significant changes have to be made within the supply chain in order to adapt practices in individual companies. This paper describes the processes that occurred in the alliance, the techniques that were used to identify the information and work flow in the supply chain.

Keywords: virtual enterprise; network alliance; work flow; web-based collaboration.

The CMIS solution for Tenix's M113 program

by William P. Hall

2004: Hall, W.P., Brouwers, P. - Presentation in MatrixOne Innovation Summit. Shangri-La's Rasa Sentosa Resort, Singapore, 12 - 14 August, 2004.

Describes the business and application architecture of a state-of-the-art engineering technical data and content... more Describes the business and application architecture of a state-of-the-art engineering technical data and content management system developed on a novel product lifecycle management platform combined with structured content management using the S1000D standard for technical documentation. A "walk-through" of the implemented system is given.

Managing maintenance knowledge in the context of large engineering projects - Theory and case study

by William P. Hall

2003: Hall, W.P. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, Vol. 2, No. 2 [Corrected version reprinted in Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 1-17].

Tenix Defence, one of Australia's largest defence contractors, depends on winning bids and managing contracts for... more Tenix Defence, one of Australia's largest defence contractors, depends on winning bids and managing contracts for long-lifecycle engineering projects. The ability to capture, manage and deliver project knowledge in explicit formats is crucial to its success. Tenix is moving from a paradigm of traditional paper documents to electronically managing and automating structured knowledge artefacts in a knowledge management framework based on Karl Popper's (1973) three worlds of knowledge. The new technology captures the authors' implicit knowledge that was inevitably lost when working with paper documents and also moves aspects of personal cognition from the subjective and personal World 2 into the objective, virtual and persistent World 3.