Business Enterprise Architecture Research Articles

Business enterprise architecture in fitness center using the open group architecture framework

<span>Sports currently have an impact on human life, especially in the health sector. One way of exercising that is popular with many people today is by exercising at the fitness center. One of them is a fitness center located in Bandung. This research aims to obtain design results that can adapt business processes in fitness centers and can help the company's performance so that its vision and mission are achieved. The current business process is still experiencing problems because business has not yet been integrated with information technology (IT), so a business process proposal was made using the business architecture method. By conducting interviews and observations, data can be collected. From this data, it can be seen that business implementation in fitness centers is not yet optimal, so it is necessary to develop information system technology that is in line with the company's business. This technology development is based on business architecture which produces a company blueprint and is assisted by the open group architecture framework (TOGAF) which can help analyze company needs. The results of this research are in the form of recommendations which will later be proposed so that benefits for the company can be achieved more quickly.</span>

A High-Level Planning Methodology of Enterprise Application Architecture

Enterprise IT strategy is an important tool for the success of enterprise digitization and informatization. Enterprise application architecture is the core of enterprise IT strategy. Aiming at the shortcomings of traditional enterprise application architecture methodology, this paper proposes a high-level planning methodology, which starts from enterprise business architecture, integrates application status analysis and application solution survey results, and uses suitable application architecture principles to complete the high-level planning of enterprise application architecture. This methodology has been successfully used in many enterprise IT strategy projects, and this article illustrates it with examples.

Proposed Event Organizer Small Medium Business Enterprise Architecture in Pandemic Industry 4.0 Era

Covid-19 pandemic affects businesses around the world and the most impacted are small and medium event organizer business (SMB EO) that usually having social gathering event participated by a few hundred participants only. Digital transformation must be executed immediately to adapt to the conditions utilizing Industry 4.0 technology especially in recent pandemic era. This paper study the enterprise architecture design of SMB EO utilizing Industry 4.0 to survive in pandemic era and beyond. The enterprise architecture based on Togaf framework consists of business, application, information, and technology architecture is decribed in this paper. Small business doesn’t have the big capital on investing in technologies and during pandemic where certain technology is scarce may cause the business to be left behind. Choice of utilizing public social media and cloud providers according to the architecture is the key. Once the technology is adopted, business is digitalized then business can be ready to face future metaverse business model.

The Selection and Training Framework for Managers in Business Innovation and Transformation Projects

The riskiest factor in transforming a traditional business environment (BE) into a lean and automated BE is the role of the profile and the corresponding TOGAF managerial recommendations of the business and (e-)business transformation managers (BTM); the influence they have on the concrete implementation phase of business transformation projects (BTP). The basic profile and “The OpenGroup Architecture Framework” (TOGAF)[66] managerial recommendations of such a business transformation manager has not been sufficiently researched in a holistic manner in order to hammer the BTM’s profile and the corresponding TOGAF managerial recommendations; and that is the main goal of the authors’ research [52][37][38]. In fact, currently there are no TOGAF managerial recommendations and educational curricula for such BTM profiles. This research paper deals with the TOGAF managerial recommendations for the BTM selection and education; who has to manage the technical implementation phase of complex business transformation projects; knowing that the BTPs’ implementation phase is the major cause of very high failure rates [20][21]. The implementations of such business transformation projects require a specific set of enterprise business architecture knowledge. The authors have based their research on the main fact that only around 12% of business organizations successfully terminate innovationrelated business transformations projects [8]. “We know that those organizations that are consistently successful at managing innovation-related changes outperform their peers in terms of growth and financial performance” [7]. Therefore, there is an essential need for more research on the BTMs’ profiles and the TOGAF related managerial recommendations. This research project presents an original set of factors and fulfills the need for an efficient tree reasoning model, in the form of a real world framework and recommendations, which affect the BTM’s selection techniques. BTM selectors, professional analysts, project managers, auditors and advanced computer science students, will benefit from this research project.

The Requirement Cube

Requirements engineering activities are carried out to come up with right and suitable quality requirements. However, problems in requirements engineering remain even though there is a vast amount of requirement elicitation and writing methods. Methods are either too specific for industry application or focus on a specific part of requirements engineering. This paper proposes a new requirement writing template, the 5W1H requirement cube. The template consists of the answers to six questions (Why, Who, When, Where, What, and How) and links business, user, and functional requirements in a hierarchy within the enterprise business architecture. The template was developed in a prominent Islamic Bank in Turkey and tested on a case study. Authors have rewritten three software requirement specification (SRS) documents with new approach and compared them, showing that new approach has more brief and well-organized documents. BOA Cube software has been developed to implement the 5W1H requirement cube approach within the organization.

Semantic Enterprise Architecture Oriented Test Case Generation for Business process

Background and Objectives: The area of enterprise architecture encompasses various domains, the most complicated of which concerns developing an enterprise business architecture. Although many state-of-the-art enterprise architecture frameworks describe the architecture by abstract levels, they still fail to provide accurate syntactic and semantic descriptions. Several previous conducted studies were looking for different objectives elaborated on modeling enterprise architectures. However, none of those studies tried to develop a modeling that generates test cases which would later be used for validation and/or verification. Therefore, the main contribution of this study is generating a set of test cases based on the descriptions yielded from enterprise business processes in early steps; then, the amount of later reviews and changes can be significantly lessened.Methods: Following the objective of accurate validation and/or verification of the enterprise business processes within an enterprise's architecture development, this paper proposes a new method based on the enterprise architecture design. Throughout the iterative cycle of the proposed method, initially, the enterprise goals will be extracted based on the TOGAF framework. Afterwards, it will be subjected to syntactical modeling based on the Archimate language. Then, semantics will be added to the syntactic model of the enterprise business processes based on the WSMO framework and formalize manually to B language by using defined transition rule. Therefore, in order to discover test cases, a set of test coverage will be tested on the formal model. Results: The proposed method has been implemented in the marketing and sales department of a petrochemical corporation, where the results show the validity and also the effectiveness of the method. Based on the implementation of our method on the selected case study, the details of the business process have been defined based on an enterprise level, the level of abstraction is decreased by syntactic and semantic modeling of enterprise architecture description, the formal descriptions created using the proposed transition rules for sampling.Conclusion: The proposed method starts from the goals of enterprises; therefore, the output samples are efficiently precise. By adding semantics to the syntactic models of enterprise architecture, the degree of abstraction has been decreased. By creating a formal model, the model can be subjected to sampling. For future work, it is suggested to use the proposed method for the automatic generation of codes.

Enterprise Business Architecture as a Tool for Sustainable Development in an Enterprise - case study

Digital technologies, treated in the article as a combination of information, processing, communication and technology, contribute to significant transformations in business models, business processes, products, services and relations with customers and other stakeholders. Due to the widespread realization of the real need to introduce information and communication technologies to enterprises, the digital transformation of companies continues. This situation prompts reflection and rethinking the strategies of enterprises subject to the process of digitization and at the same time participating in the network. This issue can be considered from the perspective of business ecosystems in which the exploration of organizational strategy problems increases significantly]. In addition, ecosystems are increasingly taking a digital form, which means sharing the standards of digital platforms (e.g. Google’s advertising ecosystem, Apple Appstore, Netsprint Audience) in order to achieve mutual benefits for participants. The digitization process influences the strengthening of inter-organizational relations between the participants of the business ecosystem, but is also an important determinant of changes in the area of competition and organization of various sectors. Companies, consumers, and products and services are massively connected via digital networks, which leads to increased network effects and joint value creation in ecosystems. The aim of the article is to conceptualize the digital strategy of business in enterprises that are participants of the ecosystem. The study is theoretical and conceptual in nature, and the research method used is the analysis and critique of literature. The article consists of two parts. The first part is devoted to discussing the digital business strategy. The second presents the properties of the business ecosystem, an enterprise ecosystem strategy rarely described in the management science literature, and discusses the strategic aspects of adopting a digital strategy by enterprises participating in the digital ecosystem. The summary presents the main conclusions of the considerations and sets out the directions for further research.

ІНЖИНІРІНГ БІЗНЕС-АРХІТЕКТУРИ ПІДПРИЄМСТВА ДЛЯ ПРОГНОЗУВАННЯ СОЦІАЛЬНО-ЕКОНОМІЧНИХ ПРОЦЕСІВ

Дослідження присвячено проблемам формування сучасних шаблонів бізнес-архітектури підприємства. Було зазначено, що поява нових бізнес-моделей та адаптивного стилю бізнесу для інжинірингу перехідних моделей повинна базуватися на гнучкому реагуванні на потреби ринку, це динамічний стиль бізнес-архітектури, пов'язаний із визнанням неминучості і непередбачуваності змін у зовнішньому середовищі. Запропоновано концепцію бізнес-архітектури підприємства та загальносистемні проектні рішення на основі автоматизованої підтримки за моделлю SABSA. Прогнозування стану та розвитку соціально-економічних процесів у такій бізнес-архітектурі запропоновано визначити відповідно до концепції (BSC), а моделювання в таких моделях відбувається в інтегрованих ІТ-модулях. Авторами запропонована методика оцінки варіантів вибору альтернатив через багатофакторну модель визначення стану процесів зі встановленими обмеженнями, які визначено як нормативні. На основі сформованої моделі побудована матриця синтезу оптимальних впливів на модель багатофакторного аналізу прогнозування діяльності підприємства на основі системи BSC.

Integrated Enterprise Resilience Architecture Framework for Surviving Strategic Disruptions

Resilient business enterprises are able to survive strategic disruptions like technology disruptions and come back more successful. They succeed because they develop and effectively implement the resilience strategies of mitigation, adaption, and transformation. This paper proposes an integrated resilience framework that is based on a combination of enterprise architecture and business architecture frameworks. At the core of the proposed framework is a meta-model and a method. The framework guides the development of a unified vision of how a business enterprise can address a specific strategic disruption and transform itself in a successful way. The framework articulates the vision through the lens of business blueprint views that guide the formation of transformation initiatives. Through the mapping capabilities of the framework, the transformation initiatives cross over the boundaries between organization structures and domains. In the last section we demonstrate our proposed method and meta-model with the help of a case study.

Integrated Enterprise Resilience Architecture Framework for Surviving Strategic Disruptions

Resilient business enterprises are able to survive strategic disruptions like technology disruptions and come back more successful. They succeed because they develop and effectively implement the resilience strategies of mitigation, adaption, and transformation. This paper proposes an integrated resilience framework that is based on a combination of enterprise architecture and business architecture frameworks. At the core of the proposed framework is a meta-model and a method. The framework guides the development of a unified vision of how a business enterprise can address a specific strategic disruption and transform itself in a successful way. The framework articulates the vision through the lens of business blueprint views that guide the formation of transformation initiatives. Through the mapping capabilities of the framework, the transformation initiatives cross over the boundaries between organization structures and domains. In the last section we demonstrate our proposed method and meta-model with the help of a case study.

The reinforced enterprise business architecture (rebar) ontology

The reinforced enterprise business architecture (rebar) ontology

The Business Architecture in Strategic Management of Modern Company

The article examines the nature, role and place of the concept of business enterprise architecture and its relationship with strategic management of modern company. Based on in-depth critical analysis of the leading views on business architecture, the author gives his definition of business enterprise architecture as part of the overall architecture of the enterprise from a management perspective.

The Business Transformation Framework for Managers in Business Innovation Transformation Projects

A decisive economical factor in the business transformation project (BTP) of a traditional business environment (BE) into an automated business environment, is the profile of the business transformation manager (BTM), who should be supported by a framework (Trad, & Kalpic, 2001; ). The BTM's profile and its relation to enterprise business architecture skills, have an ultimate impact on the concrete implementation phase of business transformation and related enterprise architecture projects. The basic profile and managerial aspects of BTM profiles and its support, have not been sufficiently researched, to hammer an optimal profile and a corresponding supporting framework that is why this research article proposes the related BTP's managerial recommendations and conclusions. This research paper and the related research publications series deals with the BTP's support for the BTM's selection, architecture support, decision making and training requirements; where the BTM, has to manage the complex technical implementation phase of the BTPs; knowing that this phase of a BTP is the major cause of very high failure rates.

The Strategic Requirements for an Enterprise Business Architecture Framework by SMEs

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have inherent resource and capability constraints. Competing in a dynamic, collaborative, global environment, SMEs need a strategic management tool to help develop the requisite capabilities, structure, and integrate and leverage the underlying IT resources in line with the dynamic market and environmental conditions. We argue that the SME’s combined internal and external environmental challenges call for the support of an Enterprise Business Architecture (EBA) framework – a new strategic tool to facilitate the SME development and management of resources and to capitalize on the environment opportunities. From an extensive exploratory literature review, this paper highlights the limitations of existing IT architectural frameworks for SMEs and explicates the underlying drivers of SME requirements for an alternative business-oriented architectural EBA framework as well as the in-built SME barriers to using EBA. The SMEs need for and associated inherent barriers of EBA are also confirmed by industry expert’s feedback through a preliminary semi-structured

The Selection and Training Framework (STF) for Managers in (e-)Business Innovation Transformation Projects – Managerial Recommendations

Abstract The riskiest factor the in business transformation process of a traditional business environment (BE) into an electronic lean and automated (ELBE) one [1] is the role of the profile and educational background of the business and (e-)business transformation managers (BTM); the influence they have on the concrete implementation phase of business transformation projects (BTP). The basic profile and managerial aspects of such a business transformation manager has not been sufficiently researched in a holistic manner in order to hammer the BTM's profile and to propose the related managerial recommendations, as a conclusion to this research project; and that is the main goal of the authors’ research topic [2] , [27] , [28] , [29] . In fact, currently there are no managerial recommendations and educational curriculum for such BTM profiles at hand [42] . This research paper deals with the managerial recommendations for the BTM selection and education. The BTM who has to manage the technical implementation phase of complex business transformation projects; knowing that the BTP's implementation phase is the major cause of very high failure rates [17] , [18] . The implementation of such business transformation projects require a specific knowledge of enterprise business architecture. The authors have based their research on the main fact that only around 12% of business organizations successfully terminate innovation-related business transformations projects [7] . “We know that those organizations that are consistently successful at managing innovation-related changes, outperform their peers in terms of growth and financial performance” [6] , [7] . Therefore, there is an essential need for more research on the BTMs’ profiles and a necessity to propose the related set of managerial recommendations.

The Selection and Training Framework (STF) for Managers in Business Innovation Transformation Projects - Business Enterprise Architecture Integration

Abstract An important factor in the business transformation process of a traditional business environment (BE) into an electronic lean and automated (ELBE) one [1] is the role of the profile and educational background of the business and (e-)business transformation managers (BTM) [32] . The profile of a BTM and its relation to business enterprise architecture integration skills that have an enormous impact on the concrete implementation phase of business transformation projects (BTP). The basic profile and managerial aspects of such a business transformation manager has not been sufficiently researched in a holistic manner in order to hammer the BTM's profile and to propose the related business enterprise architecture integration recommendations, as a conclusion to this research phase; and that is the main goal of the authors’ research topic [3–5] . In fact, currently there is no business enterprise architecture integration set of recommendations and educational curriculum for such BTM profiles [6] . This research paper deals with the business enterprise architecture integration for the BTM selection, training and evaluation; the BTM who has to manage the technical implementation phase of complex business transformation projects; knowing that the BTP's implementation phase is the major cause of very high failure rates [9,10] . The implementation of such business transformation projects require a specific knowledge of enterprise business architecture. The authors have based their research on the main fact that only around 12% of business organizations successfully terminate innovation-related business transformations projects [7] . There is evidence that that those organizations that are consistently successful at managing innovation-related changes, outperform their peers in terms of growth and financial performance [8] . Therefore, there is an essential need for more research on the BTMs’ profiles and a necessity to propose the related concept of business enterprise architecture integration. Increasingly competitive business environments; like mechanistic organisations [11] are the main driving forces for investment in the transformation of flexible and efficient business environments. The success of such transformations, implementation and maintenance of business environments influences the way business-oriented processes are managed and integrated, that consequently forces business enterprise to continuously innovate. Many BTM selection factors directly or indirectly affect the business environments’ transformation, into a mechanistic organisations; they especially affect their implementation phase. These factors are based on the business transformation manager's skills. In this research project the authors introduce a complex methodology for selecting a business transformation manager in order to finalize the implementation phase which should fully support the company's strategic and business needs. The Selection and Training Framework (STF) uses different components of the business environment to promote an iterative process of selection and training. The framework promotes the needed BTM's skills to insure the high level of reusability of existing artefacts, components and enterprise architecture paradigms. Components of this methodology have been successfully applied in the authors’ consultant careers, and results are implemented in various mechanistic business environments. The optimum choice among suitable BTM profiles is the main goal of the authors’ selection and training framework (STF) research project.

Enterprise Business Architecture - A Phased Methodology for Developing a Business Information Repository and Analysis

Enterprise Business Architecture (EBA) is an approach for modeling, structuring and understanding business knowledge that assists business managers in making adroit decisions. EBA is a modeling tool for structuring related business elements and linking them to other architectural elements (information, application, technology, security) in the enterprise. Organizing the elements that comprise a business architecture through modeling manner, that helps business stakeholders to make informed decisions is the key challenge. A methodology which offers a step by step approach to develop and analyze business architecture will provide significant assistance to BPM practitioners. This Article provides a structured such an approach in four phases: Strategy Architecture Modeling, Enterprise Process Modeling, Strategy to Process Architecture Alignment and Business Architecture Analysis.

Alignment of Business Enterprise Architectures using fact-based ontologies

Strategy is the key factor for success of enterprises. In order to survive competitive business environment, enterprises have to build strategies which are appropriate to the business environment. But, just only to build business strategies is worthless. Proper business processes should be executed for the business strategies flexibly, and proper enterprise resources should support the business processes systematically. In addition, members of enterprises should recognize relationships among business strategies, business processes and enterprise resources explicitly. To fulfill the requirements, strategy alignment based on the Business Enterprise Architecture is suggested in this paper. The Business Enterprise Architecture is composed of Business Architecture and resource architectures which are loosely-coupled to each other. Detailed architecture modeling is conducted with an enterprise meta-model in the form of fact-based ontologies. Enterprise models are verbalized in the form of facts based on the meta-model. Strategy alignments are visualized through matrix-shaped alignment tables under the Business Enterprise Architecture.

Nedcor technology and operations: enterprise architecture (the knowledgebase)

The purpose of this article is to emphasize the knowledge intensity of enterprise architecture in support of an enterprises' ability to be innovative, competitive and proactive towards change and, secondly, how this knowledge base could be managed to leverage value to the rest of the organization. Enterprise architecture reinforces and operationalizes three competitive weapons: business strategy, digital innovation and infrastructure development. It is the holistic expression of the enterprise's key business, information, application and technology strategies and their impact on business functions and processes. It typically consists of current and future state models of four key components, namely enterprise business architecture, enterprise information architecture, enterprise application architecture and enterprise-wide technical architecture. the enterprise architecture process facilitates the planned evolution of IT infrastructure, processes and systems. The enterprise architecture governance model provides the necessary principles and standards to guide a common vision in order to align business and technology requirements. The unique and very specific products and related processes for enterprise architecture are dependent on continuous and recent updates regarding business and technology trends in order to apply knowledge and insight gained to future strategic architecture initiatives. Successful implementation of enterprise architecture programmes is dependent on effective knowledge transfer to key stakeholders. Enterprise architecture value, for example the relationship between business effectiveness and financial efficiency, could be related to the following statement: the information coursing through a well architected information system is profoundly valuable, provided it is the right information delivered to the right decision makers, at the right time. Therefore, leveraging architecture value is dependent on how effectively architecture related-information and knowledge are communicated or distributed to the rest of the enterprise.