Enterprise Architecture for Strategic Management of Modern It Solutions

ISBN-13: 9781032145297 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 210 str.

So Cape Town Tiko (Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Opis

This book provides guidance on how to employ enterprise architecture (EA) in deploying and managing information technology (IT) solutions from the perspectives of pragmatic strategies. It uses sociotechnical theories such as actor-network theory (ANT) and structuration theory (ST) as lenses to examine challenges and complexities of EA.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Information Technology Solutions 3. Introduction to Enterprise Architecture 4. Data and Information Architectures: The Confounded Confusion 5. Business Analysis and Business Architecture: The Implications for Organizations 6. Theorising Enterprise Architecture into Practice 7. Structuration View of Enterprise Architecture 8. Readiness Assessment Model for Enterprise Business Architecture 9. Enterprise Architecture as Agent of Change for Enterprises 10. Unified Architecture Framework for Enterprises 11. Assessing the Value of Enterprise Architecture in Organisations 12. A Capacity Maturity Model for Enterprise Architecture

O autorze

Tiko Iyamu holds a PhD in information systems from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Currently, Iyamu is Research Professor at the Faculty of Informatics and Design, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Cape Town, South Africa. Previously, he was with the Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, and Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia. Iyamu served as a Professor Extraordinaire at the Department of Computer Science, University of the Western Cape, from 2006 to 2015. In 2014, he was a visiting professor at the Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Professor Iyamu’s areas of focus include enterprise architecture, health informatics, big data analytics, and mobile computing. In addition, he has keen interest in the application of sociotechnical theories, such as actor-network theory, structuration theory, and diffusion of innovation for information systems research. He has authored seven books, and over 140 peer-reviewed research articles in journals, conference proceedings and book chapters. He has received several excellence awards in research and in supervision of postgraduates.