Definition and Validation of Requirements for Collaborative Decision-Making in Enterprise Architecture Creation
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Date
2011
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International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems
Abstract
Gartner advises that for enterprise architecture development to be successful, it is vital
that enterprise architects ensure effective communication and also form virtual teams
that create and agree on enterprise architecture content. One of the ways to achieve
this is to enforce Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) during enterprise architecture
creation. Guided by Design Science, we are developing a method referred to as Collaborative
Evaluation of (Enterprise) Architecture Design Alternatives (CEADA) to enable
CDM during enterprise architecture creation. The method attempts to resolve challenges
in enterprise architecting that are caused by ineffective collaboration between enterprise
architects and organizational stakeholders. Requirements for CEADA have been defined
based on the causality analysis theory, the generic decision-making process, enterprise
architecture frameworks (and literature), and the CDM theory. In addition, Collaboration
Engineering has been used to design a collaboration process to address these
requirements. Models describing the requirements and the design of the collaboration
process, have been evaluated using the analytical, experimental, and observational methods.
This paper discusses the implications of findings from these evaluations and presents
the validated requirements for realizing CDM in enterprise architecture creation. Thus,
this research generally attempts to strengthen enterprise architecting guidelines with collaborative
activities, so as to enable effective execution of collaboration-dependent tasks.
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Enterprise architecture, Collaborative decision making
Citation
Nakakawa, A., Van Bommel, P., & Proper, H. A. (2011). Definition and validation of requirements for collaborative decision-making in enterprise architecture creation. International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems, 20(01), 83-136. DOI: 10.1142/S021884301100216X