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International Workshop on Trends in Enterprise Architecture Research

TEAR 2010: Trends in Enterprise Architecture Research pp 16–29Cite as

Trends in Enterprise Architecture Practice – A Survey

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing ((LNBIP,volume 70))

Abstract

In recent years, Enterprise Architecture (EA) has become a discipline for business and IT-system management. While much research focuses on theoretical contributions related to EA, very few studies use statistical tools to analyze empirical data.

This paper investigates the actual application of EA, by giving a broad overview of the usage of enterprise architecture in Swedish, German, Austrian and Swiss companies. 162 EA professionals answered a survey originally focusing on the relation between IT/business alignment (ITBA) and EA. The dataset provides answers to questions such as: For how many years have companies been using EA models, tools, processes and roles? How is ITBA in relation to EA perceived at companies?

In particular, the survey has investigated quality attributes of EA, related to IT-systems, business and IT governance. One important result is some interesting correlations between how these qualities are prioritized. For example, a high concern for interoperability correlates with a high concern for maintainability.

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  1. Industrial Information and Control Systems, Royal Institute of Technology, Osquldas väg 10, 10044, Stockholm, Sweden

    Ulrik Franke, Mathias Ekstedt & Robert Lagerström

  2. Institute of Information Management, University of St Gallen, Mueller-Friedberg-Strasse 8, 9000, St Gallen, Switzerland

    Jan Saat & Robert Winter

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Franke, U., Ekstedt, M., Lagerström, R., Saat, J., Winter, R. (2010). Trends in Enterprise Architecture Practice – A Survey. In: Proper, E., Lankhorst, M.M., Schönherr, M., Barjis, J., Overbeek, S. (eds) Trends in Enterprise Architecture Research. TEAR 2010. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 70. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16819-2_2

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