Abstract
Enterprise architecture (EA) management supports transformation path planning to facilitate the change from the current to the target architecture. We create parts of these transformation paths automatically using the information from current and target business support maps. Restrictions on the business support maps, i.e. areas which shall remain stable and which shall be transformed, are modeled by an enterprise architect to allow for a goal oriented transformation path generation. The transformation paths serve as project proposals for the project portfolio management. Necessary changes to the EA are prioritized and estimated. Our solution uses a graph transformation based approach to allow for an interactive creation of possible transformation paths. The transformation paths are the state transitions of a graph transition system, which we create from an EA model. We weigh the effort of each transformation according cost, time and risk.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
Notes
References
Aier, S., Gleichauf, B.: Application of enterprise models for engineering enterprise transformation. Enterp. Model. Inf. Syst. Archit. 5(1), 56–72 (2010)
Aier, S., Winter, R.: Virtual decoupling for it/business alignment - conceptual foundations, architecture design and implementation example. Bus. Inf. Syst. Eng. 1(2), 150–163 (2009)
Bucher, T., Fischer, R., Kurpjuweit, S., Winter, R.: Analysis and application scenarios of enterprise architecture: An exploratory study. In: 10th IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference Workshops (EDOCW 2006), p. 28. IEEE (2006)
Buckl, S., Ernst, A., Matthes, F., Schweda, C.M.: An information model for landscape management – discussing temporality aspects. In: Feuerlicht, G., Lamersdorf, W. (eds.) ICSOC 2008. LNCS, vol. 5472, pp. 363–374. Springer, Heidelberg (2009)
Chen, W., Hess, C., Langermeier, M., Stülpnagel, J.V., Diefenthaler, P.: Semantic enterprise architecture management. In: 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2013), pp. 318–325 (2013)
Dam, H.K., Le, L.S., Ghose, A.: Supporting change propagation in the evolution of enterprise architectures. In: 2010 14th IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference (EDOC 2010), pp. 24–33 (2010)
Diefenthaler, P., Bauer, B.: Gap analysis in enterprise architecture using semantic web technologies. In: 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2013), pp. 211–220 (2013)
Diefenthaler, P., Bauer, B.: Using gap analysis to support feedback loops for enterprise architecture management. In: Kundisch, D., Suhl, L., Beckmann, L. (eds.) MKWI 2014 - Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik. University of Paderborn, Paderborn (2014)
Franke, U., Holschke, O., Buschle, M., Narman, P., Rake-Revelant, J.: It consolidation: an optimization approach. In: 2010 14th IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference Workshops (EDOCW), pp. 21–26 (2010)
Gringel, P., Postina, M.: I-pattern for gap analysis. In: Engels, G., Luckey, M., Pretschner, A., Reussner, R. (eds.) Software Engineering 2010. LNI, pp. 281–292. Gesellschaft für Informatik, Bonn (2010)
Habel, A., Pennemann, K.-H.: Nested constraints and application conditions for high-level structures. In: Kreowski, H.-J., Montanari, U., Orejas, F., Rozenberg, G., Taentzer, G. (eds.) Formal Methods in Software and Systems Modeling. LNCS, vol. 3393, pp. 293–308. Springer, Heidelberg (2005)
Iacob, M.E., Quartel, D., Jonkers, H.: Capturing business strategy and value in enterprise architecture to support portfolio valuation. In: 2012 16th IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference (EDOC 2012), pp. 11–20 (2012)
Lautenbacher, F., Diefenthaler, P., Langermeier, M., Mykhashchuk, M., Bauer, B.: Planning support for enterprise changes. In: Grabis, J., Kirikova, M., Zdravkovic, J., Stirna, J. (eds.) PoEM 2013. LNBIP, vol. 165, pp. 54–68. Springer, Heidelberg (2013)
Närman, P., Sommestad, T., Sandgren, S., Ekstedt, M.: A framework for assessing the cost of it investments. In: Kocaoglu, D.F., Anderson, T.R., Daim, T.U. (eds.) Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, pp. 3154–3166 (2009)
Rensink, A., Zambon, E.: Pattern-based graph abstraction. In: Ehrig, H., Engels, G., Kreowski, H.-J., Rozenberg, G. (eds.) ICGT 2012. LNCS, vol. 7562, pp. 66–80. Springer, Heidelberg (2012)
Simon, D.: Application landscape transformation and the role of enterprise architecture frameworks. In: Steffens, U. (ed.) MDD, SOA and IT-Management. GITO, Berlin (2009)
Sousa, S., Marosin, D., Gaaloul, K., Meyer, N.: Assessing risks and opportunities in enterprise architecture using an extended adt approach. In: Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference (2013)
Triantaphyllou, E.: Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods: A Comparative Study, Applied Optimization, vol. 44. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht and Boston, Mass (2000)
van der Torre, L.W.N., Lankhorst, M.M., ter Doest, H., Campschroer, J.T.P., Arbab, F.: Landscape maps for enterprise architectures. In: Martinez, F.H., Pohl, K. (eds.) CAiSE 2006. LNCS, vol. 4001, pp. 351–366. Springer, Heidelberg (2006)
Wegmann, A.: On the systemic enterprise architecture methodology (seam). In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, pp. 483–490 (2003)
Winter, R., Fischer, R.: Essential layers, artifacts, and dependencies of enterprise architecture. In: 10th IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference Workshops (EDOCW 2006), p. 30. IEEE (2006)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2015 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this paper
Cite this paper
Diefenthaler, P., Langermeier, M., Bauer, B. (2015). Interactive Transformation Path Generation Using Business Support Maps. In: Barjis, J., Pergl, R., Babkin, E. (eds) Enterprise and Organizational Modeling and Simulation. EOMAS 2015. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 231. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24626-0_15
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24626-0_15
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-24625-3
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-24626-0
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)