Matching Technology with Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Architecture Management Tasks Using Task Technology Fit

Advanced modeling is a challenging endeavor and good tool support is of paramount importance to ensure that the modeling objectives are met through the efficient execution of tasks. Tools for advanced modeling should not just support basic task modeling functionality such as easy-to-use interfaces for model creation, but also advanced task functionality such as consistency checks and analysis queries. Enterprise Architecture (EA) is concerned with the alignment of all aspects of an organization. Modeling plays a crucial role in EA and the matching of the correct tool to enable task execution is vital for enterprises engaged with EA. Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) reflects recent trends that elevate EA toward a strategic management function within organizations. Tool support for EAM would necessarily include the execution of additional and often implicit advanced modeling tasks that support EAM capabilities. In this paper we report on a study that used the Task-Technology Fit (TTF) theory to investigate the extent to which basic and advanced task execution for EAM is supported by technology. We found that four of the six TTF factors fully supported and one partially supported EAM task execution. One factor was inconclusive. This study provided a insight into investigating tool support for EAM related task execution to achieve strategic EAM goals.

[1]  Henk Jonkers,et al.  The Anatomy of the ArchiMate Language , 2010, Int. J. Inf. Syst. Model. Des..

[2]  Dale Goodhue,et al.  Understanding user evaluations of information systems , 1995 .

[3]  Farhad Arbab,et al.  Enterprise architecture: Management tool and blueprint for the organisation , 2006, Inf. Syst. Frontiers.

[4]  Robert Woitsch,et al.  A new paradigm for the continuous alignment of business and IT: Combining enterprise architecture modelling and enterprise ontology , 2016, Comput. Ind..

[5]  Christine Legner,et al.  Strategic Enterprise Architecture Management , 2012 .

[6]  Dimitris Karagiannis,et al.  On the Conceptualisation of Modelling Methods Using the ADOxx Meta Modelling Platform , 2013, Enterp. Model. Inf. Syst. Archit. Int. J. Concept. Model..

[7]  Robert Winter,et al.  Institutionalization and the Effectiveness of Enterprise Architecture Management , 2013, ICIS.

[8]  Marc M. Lankhorst,et al.  Enterprise architecture modelling--the issue of integration , 2004, Adv. Eng. Informatics.

[9]  Marc M. Lankhorst,et al.  Enterprise Architecture at Work - Modelling, Communication and Analysis, 2nd Edition , 2005, The Enterprise Engineering Series.

[10]  Jeanne W. Ross,et al.  Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution , 2006 .

[11]  Alta van der Merwe,et al.  Towards an enterprise evolution contextualisation model , 2013, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Enterprise Systems: ES 2013.

[12]  James Lapalme,et al.  Three Schools of Thought on Enterprise Architecture , 2012, IT Professional.

[13]  Florian Matthes,et al.  Investigating the State-of-the-Art in Enterprise Architecture Management Methods in literature and Practice , 2010, MCIS.

[14]  Alta van der Merwe,et al.  The Nature of the Enterprise Engineering Discipline , 2014, EEWC.

[15]  Dominik Bork,et al.  An Open Platform for Modeling Method Conceptualization: The OMiLAB Digital Ecosystem , 2019, Commun. Assoc. Inf. Syst..

[16]  Dominik Bork,et al.  Requirements Engineering for Model-Based Enterprise Architecture Management with ArchiMate , 2018, EOMAS@CAiSE.

[17]  Dale Goodhue,et al.  Task-Technology Fit and Individual Performance , 1995, MIS Q..

[18]  John A. Zachman,et al.  A Framework for Information Systems Architecture , 1987, IBM Syst. J..

[19]  John A. Zachman,et al.  Exploring the future of enterprise architecture: A Zachman perspective , 2016, Comput. Ind..

[20]  Xavier Boucher,et al.  Domain-Specific Conceptual Modeling , 2016, Springer International Publishing.