The technological changes and the shorter life cycle of products force companies to continually adapt the production activities to the market needs and consequently update their information systems. The alignment between the Business and IT is becoming even more complex and these areas are not always able to communicate among them. This process can affect the company’s ability to quickly address the market needs and therefore jeopardize the foundations of its competitive advantage. The introduction of an Enterprise Architecture (EA) is aimed at solving these problems and to correctly manage data, in order to create a solid structure on which the IT systems are based and the business draws to create and introduce new organizational approaches. The objective of this paper is to provide the analysis of the state of the art in the field of EA, in order to identify, through the available literature, the most important aspects and the key features of this methodology, to collect and disseminate knowledge in this area and what may be the significant implications for the introduction of an EA in the company.
Enterprise Architecture: a Model for Business Data Management / Bellini, Francesco; D'Ascenzo, Fabrizio; Alessandra, Ghi; Francesca, Spagnoli; Valeria, Traversi; Ruggieri, Roberto. - ELETTRONICO. - (2012).
Enterprise Architecture: a Model for Business Data Management
Francesco Bellini;D'ASCENZO, FABRIZIO;RUGGIERI, Roberto
2012
Abstract
The technological changes and the shorter life cycle of products force companies to continually adapt the production activities to the market needs and consequently update their information systems. The alignment between the Business and IT is becoming even more complex and these areas are not always able to communicate among them. This process can affect the company’s ability to quickly address the market needs and therefore jeopardize the foundations of its competitive advantage. The introduction of an Enterprise Architecture (EA) is aimed at solving these problems and to correctly manage data, in order to create a solid structure on which the IT systems are based and the business draws to create and introduce new organizational approaches. The objective of this paper is to provide the analysis of the state of the art in the field of EA, in order to identify, through the available literature, the most important aspects and the key features of this methodology, to collect and disseminate knowledge in this area and what may be the significant implications for the introduction of an EA in the company.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.