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From Gaps to Transformation Paths in Enterprise Architecture Planning

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Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2013)

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Planning changes in an enterprise and its supporting IT can be supported by enterprise architecture (EA) models. The planned changes result in gaps which can be derived by a gap analysis. But, knowing the gaps is not enough. Also important is to know in which sequence gaps are to be closed for transformation path planning. In this paper we show how gaps are identified and reused for detailing a model of the target architecture. Based on this refinement further gaps become visible. Furthermore, we describe how it is possible to create with a transformation model and an action repository transformation paths towards a desired and detailed target architecture. Afterwards, we give a use case example and propose a technical realization of the solution.

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  1. Softplant GmbH, Munich, Germany

    Philipp Diefenthaler

  2. Institute for Software & Systems Engineering, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany

    Philipp Diefenthaler & Bernhard Bauer

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  2. Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Setúbal, Portugal & INSTICC, Setúbal, Portugal

    José Cordeiro

  3. Wroclaw University of Economics, Wroclaw, Poland & Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Leszek A. Maciaszek

  4. Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Setúbal, Portugal & INSTICC, Setúbal, Poland

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Diefenthaler, P., Bauer, B. (2014). From Gaps to Transformation Paths in Enterprise Architecture Planning. In: Hammoudi, S., Cordeiro, J., Maciaszek, L., Filipe, J. (eds) Enterprise Information Systems. ICEIS 2013. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 190. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09492-2_28

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