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Model-Supported Alignment of Information Systems Architecture

Model-Supported Alignment of Information Systems Architecture
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Author(s): Andreas L. Opdahl (University of Bergen, Norway)
Copyright: 2003
Pages: 22
Source title: Business Strategies for Information Technology Management
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Kalle Kangas (Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-93177-745-2.ch003

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Abstract

The chapter presents an alignment framework and an associated representation framework for information systems (IS) architecture management. The alignment framework supports identification of high-level longer-term principles for evolution of IS architectures. The fundamental idea of the alignment framework is to generate alternative future IS architectures by grouping IS-architecture phenomena into IS-architecture areas in different ways. The representation framework supports the creation of IS-architecture models that can support IS-architecture alignment and other IS-architecture management tasks. In addition, the representation framework is a conceptual model for thinking about IS-architectures. Together, the alignment and representation frameworks constitute an early theory of IS architectures and IS-architecture work. They are part of a comprehensive methodology that results from several years of case and theory studies, tool developments, industrial projects and consulting.

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