Using Intentional and System Dynamics Modeling to Address WHYs in Enterprise Architecture

Taking and executing cost effective decisions in enterprises is becoming increasingly difficult due to multiple change drivers that affect varied aspects of enterprise. Enterprise architecture (EA) frameworks provide holistic treatment of whats and hows of enterprise but leave the important questions of whys unaddressed. Intentional modeling and system dynamics modeling provide treatment of whys at a point in time and over time respectively. We propose an approach where both intentional and system dynamics models are used in conjunction with EA models for a more effective treatment of whys than provided by either. Initial results with a case study suggest that best of both worlds may be obtained with such combined treatment of whys in