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Enterprise Architecture Artifacts as Boundary Objects - A Framework of Properties

ISBN
978-90-393-6112-2
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2013-06-05
Author(s)
Abraham, Ralf  
Research Team
IWI1
Abstract
This paper uses the concept of boundary objects to derive hypotheses for the design of Enterprise Architecture (EA) artifacts. Boundary objects are a useful concept to understand the coordinative role of artifacts in practice, making them a proper vehicle to analyze how EA artifacts can be designed to support communication and coordination during enterprise transformation. Since enterprise transformation projects typically involve multiple communities of practice, communication and coordination are important success factors.The paper combines a theoretical with a practice-oriented perspective: In a first step, a set of 11 boundary object properties is identified via a structured literature review. In a second step, this set of properties is discussed and extended in a focus group of nine enterprise architects, leading to a final set of 12 properties. Finally, the set of boundary object properties is linked to three classes of EA artifacts (repositories, matrices, and diagrams) from the TOGAF framework, and hypotheses are derived for the design of EA artifacts in order to become boundary objects capable of crossing a given knowledge boundary (syntactic, semantic, pragmatic). These hypotheses argue for a common syntax, stability and the provision of community-specific views.
Funding(s)
A Design Theory for Architectural Coordination of Enterprise Transformations (ACET)  
Language
English
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2013)
Publisher
Association for Information Systems
Publisher place
AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
Start page
120
Event Title
21st European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2013
Event Location
Utrecht, Netherlands
Event Date
06.-08.06.2013
Official URL
http://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2013_cr/120/
URL
https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/89174
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information managemen...

Division(s)

IWI - Institute of In...

Eprints ID
223501
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