Interrelations Between Enterprise Modeling Focal Areas and Business and IT Alignment Domains

2017 ◽

pp. 132-175

Author(s):

Julia Kaidalova ◽

Ulf Seigerroth

Keyword(s):

Internet Of Things ◽

Cyber Physical Systems ◽

Enterprise Modeling ◽

Shared Understanding ◽

Digital Innovation ◽

It Alignment ◽

Key Stakeholders ◽

Business And It Alignment ◽

Points Of View ◽

Local Concern

The call for Business and IT Alignment (BITA) is an everlasting and increasing concern for today's enterprises. BITA is no longer just a technical or local concern. Instead we need to embrace various dimensions in the concept of BITA, for instance strategic, structural, social and cultural. In addition to this, the development of concepts like Digital Innovation (DI), Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) has further challenged the success of BITA. As one approach to deal with the multi-dimensional BITA problem and to move the BITA positions forward, Enterprise Modeling (EM) has been acknowledged as a helpful practice. Particularly, EM provides the opportunity to facilitate the creation of integrated models that capture and represent different focal areas of an enterprise, and allows representing the numerous points of view of the key stakeholders. In order to consider the points of view of different stakeholders and create a shared understanding between them the participative character of EM sessions can play an important role. This chapter presents various challenges that EM practitioners face during participative EM sessions, and a number of recommendations that can help to overcome these challenges.

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Enterprise Modeling for Business and IT Alignment

International Journal on IT/Business Alignment and Governance ◽

10.4018/ijitbag.2014070103 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 44-69 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Julia Kaidalova ◽

Ulf Siegerroth ◽

Elżbieta Bukowska ◽

Nikolay Shilov

Keyword(s):

Enterprise Modeling ◽

Collaborative Activity ◽

It Alignment ◽

Empirical Base ◽

Wide Range ◽

Enterprise Models ◽

Business And It Alignment ◽

Practical Recommendations

In order to achieve Business and IT Alignment (BITA) it is required to capture and analyze both business and IT dimensions of enterprises. In this regard Enterprise Modeling (EM) is acknowledged as one useful mean. One of the central roles during EM is EM practitioner who drives and coordinates the EM project. Conducting EM is a highly collaborative activity that requires considerable skills and experience since EM practitioner has to deal with various challenges throughout the project. Despite a quite wide range of research, EM challenges needs to be further investigated, in particular concerning practical recommendations related to creation and usage of enterprise models. This article presents a framework with challenges and recommendations for EM that is aimed on facilitating business and IT alignment. The empirical base for the study consists of interviews with EM practitioners that have significant experience in EM. In order to achieve Business and IT Alignment (BITA) it is required to capture and analyze both business and IT dimensions of enterprises. In this regard Enterprise Modeling (EM) is acknowledged as one useful mean. One of the central roles during EM is EM practitioner who drives and coordinates the EM project. Conducting EM is a highly collaborative activity that requires considerable skills and experience since EM practitioner has to deal with various challenges throughout the project. Despite a quite wide range of research, EM challenges needs to be further investigated, in particular concerning practical recommendations related to creation and usage of enterprise models. This article presents a framework with challenges and recommendations for EM that is aimed on facilitating business and IT alignment. The empirical base for the study consists of interviews with EM practitioners that have significant experience in EM.

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