Abstract
This paper investigates the applicability of enterprise architectures in the context of current business environment by examining the application of Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture to WorleyParsons, a global engineering, procurement and construction management enterprise, under the backdrop of a similar study carried out on Fluor Daniel during mid-nineties of the last century. The outcome of this study recommends the need for new enterprise architecture, the People-Centric Enterprise Architecture that not only focuses on human dimension in modern enterprises as the central thread, but also includes more business characteristics of the enterprise other than engineerings.
Highlights
Since the 1970’s, enterprise architectures (EA) provide a general representation of the relationships among different enterprise views at various abstraction levels in an enterprise’s life cycle (Bernus et al, 2003)
We propose a new enterprise architecture framework that builds on prevailing enterprise architecture theory and extends to incorporate elements that are essential for describing contemporary enterprise activities
Requirements of a new enterprise architecture The Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture (PERA) methodology with its root in computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) might have been suitable for Fluor Daniel but there are issues when it is applied to model WP
Summary
Since the 1970’s, enterprise architectures (EA) provide a general representation of the relationships among different enterprise views at various abstraction levels in an enterprise’s life cycle (Bernus et al, 2003). GIM originates from GRAI, which has a primary goal to help manufacturing system designer to build production management systems (Doumeingts, 1985) It is a structured approach visualizing the whole life cycle of a system from two points of view: user oriented and technical. In its fully developed form, PERA provides a detailed and pragmatic methodology covering the whole life cycle of an industrial project from inception, through to operation and system disposal It is suitable for large scale one-off project development that incorporates complex engineering design and services activities. Pantakar (1995) observed that application of the three (CIMOSA, GIM and PERA) architectures have been focused mainly on manufacturing enterprises and they are yet to be proved in the integration of different size companies involved in the lifecycle of a product or service. We propose a new enterprise architecture framework that builds on prevailing enterprise architecture theory and extends to incorporate elements that are essential for describing contemporary enterprise activities
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