A Goal-Oriented Way to Define Metrics for an Enterprise Architecture Program

2008

First published in the Journal of Enterprise Architecture, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2008, pp. 20-26. Republished with the kind permission of the Journal of Enterprise Architecture Metrics are becoming more and more important in the development of enterprise architecture (EA) programs. Therefore, guidelines and support to define metrics for EA programs are needed. A goal-oriented approach for defining metrics for EA program and the measurement aspects for EA program are presented in this article. This approach was developed and tested during the development of proposals of EA program metrics for two companies. peerReviewed

Measurement in Enterprise Architecture Work : the Enterprise Architecture Team Viewpoint : [AISA Project report]

2007

AISA Project report. Originally published 16.3.2007

Metrics and Criteria for Architecture work

2008

Enterprise Architecture Compliance Evaluation

2008

Presentation. Originally presented on 18.4.2007

Quality Evaluation Question Framework for Assessing the Quality of Architecture Documentation

2008

First published in the Proceedings of the International BCS Conference on Software Quality Management, August 1-2, 2007, Tampere, Finland The present day demanding business environment and increasing complexity of ICT development have raised the significance architecture work. The architecture processes, practices and documents have become increasingly important for the companies. As the utilisation of the architectures are highly dependent on the quality of the documentation, there is an evident need for practical means for architecture documentation evaluation. This paper presents a study addressing the architecture documentation quality assessment. The research was carried out in co- ope…

Enterprise and Software Architecture Work

2008

Lessons Learned

2008

Enterprise Architecture Process of a Telecommunication Company - A Case Study on Initialization

2008

First published in the Proceedings of the 11th International HAAMAHA Conferen July 9-12, 2007, Poznan, Poland Objectives such as business-IT-alignment, lower costs, higher quality, better time-tomarket and greater customer satisfaction are some of the drivers for the development of enterprise architecture (EA) process. Several companies in Europe and the USA, and likely elsewhere, are currently developing their EA processes. The overall question in companies is how EA and architecture processes could give more value to business demands. Despite the obvious need for research on companies’ EA processes, to the date only a few case studies have examined EA processes in companies. The present s…

Enterprise Architecture Compliance: the Viewpoint of Evaluation

2008

First published in the Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation (ECIME 2007), September 20-21, 2007, Montpellier, France Enterprise Architecture (EA) provides a holistic view of entire organization, including various viewpoints such as business, information, systems and technology. It is of interest for academics and practitioners alike. It has been suggested that EA is an approach for controlling the complexity and constant changes in the organization and its business environment, assisting organizations in realizing a multitude of positive business impacts. As the organization transforms from the current EA state towards the improved target state thr…

Measurement in Enterprise Architecture Work : the Enterprise Architecture Team Viewpoint

2008

A Framework to Support Business-IT Alignment in Enterprise Architecture Decision Making

2008

First published in the proceedings of the EBRF 2007 conference ”Research Forum to Understand Business in Knowledge Society”, September 25-27, Jyväskylä, Finland Business-IT alignment is one of the key concerns of general management and chief information officers. It is commonly recognized as an important instrument for realizing organizational effectiveness. Achieving business-IT alignment requires often change in the way managers regard IT and it demands co-operation between general and IT management. The challenge of aligning business- and IT-related concerns and requirements in architecture decision making situations is the focus of this study. As one possible solution, we present a fram…

Role of Architecture Evaluations in ICT-companies : [Presentation]

2008

Power Point Presentation