Adding a Human Perspective to Enterprise Architectures

Enterprise modeling, commonly supported by enterprise architecture frameworks, has proved to be an effective communication tool that facilitates the development of applications aligned with the business. These modeling frameworks are concerned with organization's design rather than its actual i...

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Published in18th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 2007) pp. 840 - 844
Main Authors M., Zacarias, A., Caetano, R., Magalhaes, H.S., Pinto, J., Tribolet
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.09.2007
Subjects
Application software
Business communication
Communication effectiveness
Computer architecture
Computer science
Data engineering
Expert systems
Humans
Information systems
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Summary:Enterprise modeling, commonly supported by enterprise architecture frameworks, has proved to be an effective communication tool that facilitates the development of applications aligned with the business. These modeling frameworks are concerned with organization's design rather than its actual implementation. We argue that modeling the actual implementation of organizations can be a valuable communication tool not only for systems development but also for organizational analysts, managers and workers. However, this kind of usage requires the inclusion of a human perspective in current enterprise architectures. In this paper, we propose to extend the CEO enterprise architecture with a human view based on a conceptual model consistent with contemporary paradigms of organizational science. The proposal is illustrated with examples drawn from a case study.
ISBN:0769529321
9780769529325
ISSN:1529-4188
2378-3915
DOI:10.1109/DEXA.2007.28