![]() ; ; Ma, Qin ![]() in Joint International Conference of Service Science and Innovation and Serviceology (2018) Detailed reference viewed: 71 (6 UL)![]() ; De Kinderen, Sybren ![]() ![]() in Ninth IEEE conference on Research Challenges in Information Systems (RCIS 2015), Athens, May 13-15, 2015 (2015) Our work aims to rationalize Enterprise Architectures (EA) by providing the reasoning behind the designs, in terms of selection criteria, design alternatives and more. Its major contribution is a formal ... [more ▼] Our work aims to rationalize Enterprise Architectures (EA) by providing the reasoning behind the designs, in terms of selection criteria, design alternatives and more. Its major contribution is a formal metamodel that captures the reasoning and the inter-relationships of design decisions. This paper extends our approach in order to provide an explicit bridging between the Problem space that is defined by the different requirements and the Solution space that is described by specific design decisions. In doing so, EA Anamnesis also supports traceability from specific design decisions to the given requirements. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 164 (2 UL)![]() ; De Kinderen, Sybren ![]() in 7th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference, PoEM 2014, Manchester, UK, November 12-13 (2014, November 12) We aim for rationalizing Enterprise Architecture, supplementing models that express EA designs with models that express the decision making behind the designs. In our previous work we introduced the EA ... [more ▼] We aim for rationalizing Enterprise Architecture, supplementing models that express EA designs with models that express the decision making behind the designs. In our previous work we introduced the EA Anamnesis approach for architectural rationalization, and illustrated it with a fictitious case study. In this paper we evaluate our approach in terms of its ability to capture design rationales in the context of a real life case study. Together with stakeholders from the business and IT domains of a Luxembourgish Research and Technology Organization, we captured the design rationales behind the introduction of a new budget forecast business process. Our case study shows that EA Anamnesis can reflect the design rationales of the stakeholders, also linking business and IT concerns. Furthermore our study shows that, for this particular case, the stakeholders often used heuristics (commonsensical “short cuts”) to make their decision, or even made decisions without considering alternative choices. Finally, we discuss what the lessons learned from this case imply for further research. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 117 (0 UL) |
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