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Measurement of Enterprise Architecture (EA) from an IT perspective: Research gaps and measurement avenues

Abstract:

Reorganizational projects in general and software-related projects in particular, are often implemented with a focus only on the reorganized components within an organizational management system, not taking into account relationships with the other components of an enterprise architecture (EA). This paper first looks at the current state of EA measurement to identify weaknesses and gaps in aligning and measuring EA components, EA structures and EA interrelationships from an IT perspective. It then identifies from related works available innovative measurement concepts that could contribute for aligning, measuring and monitoring software-related projects within an EA strategy. This includes measurement avenues within a Balanced Scorecard (BSC), contributions of functional size measurement to the BSC, and measurement of software structures and functionality within a service-oriented architecture (SOA).