Fundamentals of Enterprise Architecture Management: Foundations for Steering the Enterprise-Wide Digital System

This textbook provides a comprehensive, holistic, scientifically precise, and practically relevant description of Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM). It is structured in five chapters and covers topics such as EAM meaning, history, goals, and relationship to digitalization. It also provides an overview of Enterprise Architecture (EA) and discusses the strategic and tactical context of EAM capability in an enterprise. The fourth chapter outlines the detailed goals, processes, functions, artifacts, roles, and tools of EAM, and the last chapter describes how to evaluate EAM in an enterprise. The textbook is intended for EAM scholars and practitioners who need a reliable and up-to-date description of essential EAM methods.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 210 pages
Publication date: 23 June 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive textbook provides a thorough, holistic, scientifically precise, and practically relevant description of Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM). Based on state-of-the-art concepts, it also addresses current trends such as disruptive digitization or agile methods. The book is structured into five chapters.

The first chapter offers a comprehensive overview of EAM, addressing key questions such as:

What does EAM mean?
What is the history of EAM?
Why do enterprises need EAM?
What are its goals?
How is it related to digitalization?

It also includes a brief overview of essential EAM standards and literature.

The second chapter provides an overview of Enterprise Architecture (EA), clarifying basic terminology and distinguishing between EA and EAM. It also offers a concise summary of existing EA frameworks and methods for structuring the digital ecosystem into layers and views.

The third chapter delves into the strategic and tactical context of the EAM capability within an enterprise. It defines essential terms and parameters in the context of enterprise strategy and tactics, as well as the operative and organizational context of EAM.

The fourth chapter outlines the detailed goals, processes, functions, artifacts, roles, and tools of EAM, laying the foundation for an EAM process framework that provides a comprehensive overview of EAM processes and functions.

Closing the circle, the last chapter describes how to evaluate EAM within an enterprise. It begins by introducing core terminology such as "metric" and "strategic performance measurement system" and concludes with a framework that integrates various measuring areas within the context of EA and EAM.

This textbook primarily caters to two groups:

EAM scholars, including bachelor or master students of Business Information Systems, Business Administration, or related fields.
Professionals involved in enterprise architecture management, such as architects, managers, consultants, or practitioners.

By offering a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of EAM, this textbook serves as a valuable resource for both academic and professional audiences.

Weight: 355g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030967338
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022