2013 · 33 citations · 12 references
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Strategic business IT (Information Technology) alignment is one of the main objectives that is achieved from the implementation of Enterprise Architecture (EA) in an organization. EA helps organizations to define architecture of business, information systems and technology that capable for aligning business strategy with IT organizations, through the development of business models, business strategy, business processes and organizations that aligned with infrastructure, applications and IT organizations. A good design of Enterprise Architecture should consider various viewpoints of IT alignment with the organization's business needs. This paper provides a solution how to design Enterprise Architecture which provides guarantee for strategic business IT alignment that is designed through the integration of SAMM component with TOGAF 9.1 metamodel.
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