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An IT management assessment framework: evaluating enterprise architecture scenarios

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Enterprise architecture, EA, is an established approach for the model-based and holistic management of IT. The scope of EA is however wide and the predominant EA frameworks suggest the creation of broad and detailed models. IT management cannot control all areas spanned by the present frameworks for EA models. In order to ensure well-informed decisions, IT management has a series of questions that need to be answered. This paper proposes an assessment framework that can be used to identify relevant questions for assessments of EA and EA scenarios, within the areas of EA that IT management can control. Three top dimensions in the proposed framework are presented: IT organization, IT systems, and Business organization. The framework further includes sub dimensions for identifying questions. An application of the assessment framework, as it was applied to assess EA scenarios in a power company, is also described.

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    Magnus Gammelgård, Mårten Simonsson & Åsa Lindström

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Gammelgård, M., Simonsson, M. & Lindström, Å. An IT management assessment framework: evaluating enterprise architecture scenarios. ISeB 5, 415–435 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10257-007-0055-z

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