scholarly journals Towards Ecosystemic Stance in Finnish Public Sector Enterprise Architecture

2019 ◽  
pp. 89-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarkko Nurmi ◽  
Katja Penttinen ◽  
Ville Seppänen
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Enterprise Architecture

IT and Enterprise Architecture in US Public Sector Reform

2012 ◽  
pp. 412-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry F. Buss ◽  
Anna Shillabeer ◽  
Anna Shillabeer
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Government Reform ◽  
Public Sector Reform ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Reforms ◽  
Silver Bullet

This chapter looks at public sector whole-of-government reform from an Information Technology (IT) focused Enterprise Architecture (EA) perspective. The chapter summarizes reforms undertaken under three US presidents—Clinton, Bush, and Obama—and discusses how they have too frequently failed to meet expectations of policy makers, public servants, the public, and other stakeholders. We find that IT reforms in support of larger public sector reform have been ineffective and unsustainable, although many IT reforms have been successful in a narrower context. EA has suffered as a once promising methodology: it has not become the “silver bullet” in managing the IT and information infrastructure to support reform, knowledge management, and decision making. It was also seen as an important tool for reducing information management silos that successive governments have unsuccessfully tried to reduce. This chapter raises the spectre of endemic barriers to reform that must be overcome if EA and IT reform are to realize their potential, and offers recommendations for overcoming these hurdles in the context of whole-of-government public sector reforms.

scholarly journals Assessment of Enterprise Architecture Implementation Capability and Priority in Public Sector Agency

2016 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 198-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Azaliah A. Bakar ◽  
S. Harihodin ◽  
Nazri Kama
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Enterprise Architecture

scholarly journals Enterprise Architecture Implementation Is a Bumpy Ride: A Case Study in the Norwegian Public Sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Kristin S. Ajer ◽  
Dag Håkon Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
The Public ◽  
External Consultants

Enterprise architecture (EA) is a widespread approach for the development of new digital solutions in a planned and controlled way for large and complex organisations. EA is also viewed as a prerequisite for the digitalisation of the public sector. However, public sector organisations struggle to implement EA programmes, and research has demonstrated that organisational and managerial issues are critical obstacles to EA implementation. This study aims to increase our understanding of EA implementation in the public sector by investigating the central challenges for EA initiatives and to trace the progress of current EA initiatives in the Norwegian public sector. An additional goal is to disclose some ways to improve the situation. We conducted three interpretive case studies in the hospital, higher education, and labour and welfare sectors. We have identified 28 challenges to the EA initiatives. We find that organisational and technical complexities, as well as a limited understanding of EA and lack of formal EA governance mechanisms, are significant obstacles. Among others, the lack of understanding of EA and its methodology will lead to problems with anchoring the EA approach in the organisation and facilitating the necessary EA arrangements to induce the promised benefits of EA, which are necessary requirements to establish the EA initiative’s legitimacy and foster the organisation’s willingness to implement change. Our study provides four lessons learned for planning and implementing EA initiatives, as follows: #1. It is advisable to take small steps. #2. The use of external consultants should be carefully considered. #3. Formal architectural governance mechanisms are important for legitimacy and enforced use. #4. Executive commitment and understanding of EA are crucial for achieving a sustainable EA initiative. Finally, we find a common evolution of the EA initiatives through the phases of optimism, resistance, decline and finally, reconsolidation of the most persistent ones.

scholarly journals Modelling the Enterprise Architecture Implementation in the Public Sector using HOT-Fit Framework

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasimi Sallehudin ◽  
Nurhizam Safie ◽  
Nur Azaliah ◽  
Rogis Baker ◽  
Farashazillah Yahya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
The Public

scholarly journals Dynamics of Enterprise Architecture in the Korean Public Sector: Transformational Change vs. Transactional Change

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 1074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kichan Nam ◽  
Seung Oh ◽  
Sung Kim ◽  
Jahyun Goo ◽  
M. Sajid Khan
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Transformational Change

Integration and Enterprise Architecture Challenges in E-Government

2011 ◽  
pp. 2195-2216
Author(s):  
Vishanth Weerakkody ◽  
Marijn Janssen ◽  
Kristian Hjort-Madsen
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Systems Integration ◽  
Service Improvement ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Information Systems Integration ◽  
European Public ◽  
Routine Tasks

Traditionally, government agencies are organized vertically around functional structures and there are almost no processes spanning departments and agencies. In such an environment, the coordination of business processes and integration of underlying information systems presents a significant challenge. Using case studies in three European countries, this research explores process and systems integration challenges in the European public sector and highlight opportunities for service improvement in the context of e-government implementation. While cross-organizational process and information systems integration barriers are seen in the literature as presenting the main technical challenge for realizing fully integrated e-government services, this research found that a legacy of rigid bureaucracy, established illogical routine tasks and lack of coordination of different information systems in the public sector were preventing the respective governments from expediting their e-government initiatives in Europe.

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