{"title":"Factors That Affect the Effectiveness of Enterprise Architecture Implementation Methodology","authors":"Babak Darvish Rouhani, Mohd Naz\u2019ri Mahrin, Fatemeh Nikpay, Pourya Nikfard, Maryam Khanian Najafabadi","volume":97,"journal":"International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering","pagesStart":19,"pagesEnd":26,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/10000100","abstract":"
Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a strategy that is
\r\nemployed by enterprises in order to align their business and
\r\nInformation Technology (IT). EA is managed, developed, and
\r\nmaintained through Enterprise Architecture Implementation
\r\nMethodology (EAIM). Effectiveness of EA implementation is the
\r\ndegree in which EA helps to achieve the collective goals of the
\r\norganization. This paper analyzes the results of a survey that aims to
\r\nexplore the factors that affect the effectiveness of EAIM and
\r\nspecifically the relationship between factors and effectiveness of the
\r\noutput and functionality of EA project. The exploratory factor
\r\nanalysis highlights a specific set of five factors: alignment,
\r\nadaptiveness, support, binding, and innovation. The regression
\r\nanalysis shows that there is a statistically significant and positive
\r\nrelationship between each of the five factors and the effectiveness of
\r\nEAIM. Consistent with theory and practice, the most prominent
\r\nfactor for developing an effective EAIM is innovation. The findings
\r\ncontribute to the measuring the effectiveness of EA implementation
\r\nproject by providing an indication of the measurement
\r\nimplementation approaches which is used by the Enterprise
\r\nArchitects, and developing an effective EAIM.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1] A. \u02c7Sa\u02c7sa and M. Krisper, \"Enterprise architecture patterns for business\r\nprocess support analysis,\" The Journal of Systems and Software, vol. 84,\r\np. 27, 2011\r\n[2] T. Clark, B. S. Barn, and S. Oussena, \"A method for enterprise\r\narchitecture alignment,\" in Practice-Driven Research on Enterprise\r\nTransformation, ed: Springer, 2012, pp. 48-76.\r\n[3] B. Darvish Rouhani and F. Nikpay, \"Agent-Oriented Enterprise\r\nArchitecture: new approach for Enterprise Architecture,\" IJCSI\r\nInternational Journal of Computer Science Issues, vol. 9, pp. 331-334,\r\n2012.\r\n[4] F. Goethals, W. Lemahieu, M. Snoeck, and J. Vandenbulcke, \"An\r\noverview of enterprise architecture framework deliverables,\" Banda RKJ\r\n(ed) Enterprise Architecture-An Introduction, 2006.\r\n[5] R. Winter and R. 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