Abstract
Enterprise Architecture (EA) has evolved based on the practice of information systems architecture design and implementation. EA is a rigorous description of a structure, and the objectives of EA modeling not only include clarifying corporate strategies, visualizing business processes, and modeling information systems to manage resources but also include improving organizational structures, adjusting information strategies, and creating new business value. Therefore, EA models cover a wide scope that includes both IT and business architectures. Typically, EA modeling is the initial and most important analysis step for researchers, architects, and developers. ArchiMate is the dominant modeling language for EA and it has been shown to improve visualization of EA models. However, few studies have systematically introduced general modeling methods using ArchiMate to meet a broad range of needs and few studies have empirically evaluated the modeling method using ArchiMate. This paper introduces an EA visualization approach to fill that gap and conducts a case study on a wilderness weather station system. Strict controlled experiments are conducted to verify the effectiveness and feasibility of this modeling method, and the experimental results show that this modeling procedure is not only feasible, but also can effectively transform the system metamodel and restore the EA scene.
Highlights
Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a generic solution to a systemic and universal problem in enterprise business information management systems
The results demonstrate that a systemigram can be transformed into an ArchiMate model
This paper presents a general modeling methodology to improve the visualization of EA models
Summary
Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a generic solution to a systemic and universal problem in enterprise business information management systems. EA is a business-oriented architecture to understand, analyze, design, build, integrate, extend, operate, and manage information systems. The key to the integration of complex systems is architecture or system based integration rather than componentbased integration. Effective EA is critical for the survival and success of an enterprise, and is an indispensable means for the enterprise to gain competitive advantages through IT. The earliest incarnations of enterprise architecture came from the field of enterprise modeling. Until the mid-1980s, enterprise reengineering or enterprise modeling was primarily an academic pursuit; the theories and models used were usually limited to the design and development of a particular information
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