TY - JOUR
T1 - Enterprise architecture management
T2 - Toward a taxonomy of applications
AU - Rahimi, Fatemeh
AU - Gøtze, John
AU - Møller, Charles
PY - 2017/4/1
Y1 - 2017/4/1
N2 - Despite the growing interest in enterprise architecture management, researchers and practitioners lack a shared understanding of its applications in organizations. Building on findings from a literature review and eight case studies, we develop a taxonomy that categorizes applications of enterprise architecture management based on three classes of enterprise architecture scope. Organizations may adopt enterprise architecture management to help form, plan, and implement IT strategies; help plan and implement business strategies; or to further complement the business strategy-formation process. The findings challenge the traditional IT-centric view of enterprise architecture management application and suggest enterprise architecture management as an approach that could support the consistent design and evolution of an organization as a whole.
AB - Despite the growing interest in enterprise architecture management, researchers and practitioners lack a shared understanding of its applications in organizations. Building on findings from a literature review and eight case studies, we develop a taxonomy that categorizes applications of enterprise architecture management based on three classes of enterprise architecture scope. Organizations may adopt enterprise architecture management to help form, plan, and implement IT strategies; help plan and implement business strategies; or to further complement the business strategy-formation process. The findings challenge the traditional IT-centric view of enterprise architecture management application and suggest enterprise architecture management as an approach that could support the consistent design and evolution of an organization as a whole.
KW - Application
KW - Case study
KW - Enterprise architecture
KW - Enterprise architecture management
KW - Taxonomy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85017453205&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.17705/1CAIS.04007
DO - 10.17705/1CAIS.04007
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85017453205
SN - 1529-3181
VL - 40
SP - 120
EP - 166
JO - Communications of the Association for Information Systems
JF - Communications of the Association for Information Systems
IS - 1
M1 - 7
ER -