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Applying the foundations of enterprise systems engineering in complex real-world environments: lessons learnt from real-world project examples

Author: Kotzé, Paula ; Smuts, H Date: Nov 2016 Enterprise systems engineering (ESE) is a multidisciplinary approach that combines traditional systems engineering (TSE) and strategic management to address methods and approaches for aligning system architectures, system development and ... Read more
A comparison of practitioner and researcher definitions of enterprise architecture using an interpretation method

Author: Mentz, J ; Kotzé, Paula ; Van der Merwe, A Date: Oct 2012 The term enterprise architecture has been in use for almost thirty years if the seminal paper (published in 1987) by Zachman is taken as its starting point. As a scientific area of study this time span is relatively short but for the practitioner ... Read more
Enterprise architecture for small and medium enterprise growth

Author: Jacobs, D ; Kotzé, Paula ; Van der Merwe, A ; Gerber, A Date: May 2011 A key constraint for growing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is the business skills required to grow the enterprises through the stages of transformation. Criticism against growth stage models for SMEs is of concern, since these models ... Read more
Enterprise architecture, a blueprint for enterprise logistics rollout

Author: Coetzee, J ; Erasmus, Louwrence D Date: Aug 2013 In this paper it is proposed that Enterprise architecture in principle develops the Logistic Support model for systems on System Hierarchical Level 6 and higher. The Enterprise architectural model is a blue print, like the DNA for biological ... Read more
A framework for creating pattern languages for enterprise architecture

Author: Kotzé, Paula ; Tsogang, M ; Van der Merwe, A Date: Oct 2012 The use of patterns and pattern languages in enterprise architecture (EA) is a relatively novel concept. Although both the concepts of patterns and EA are over 30 years old, the notion of design patterns is hardly applied to EA. There is a ... Read more
An investigation into the perceptions of business stakeholders on the benefits of enterprise architecture: the case of Telkom SA

Author: Lehong, SM ; Dube, E ; Angelopoulos, G Date: Jun 2013 This study identifies the perceived benefits of Enterprise Architecture (EA) among business stakeholders who are aware of EA but are not specialists in the field of ICT, and proposes a clearly differentiated and comprehensive cluster of ... Read more
Method for identifying process reuse opportunities to enhance the operating model

Author: De Vries, M ; Van der Merwe, A ; Kotzé, Paula ; Gerber, A Date: Dec 2011 Staying competitive in the 21st century requires enterprise unity and integration, allowing for agility to accommodate swift changes in strategy as markets evolve and new opportunities emerge. The foundation for execution approach acknowledges ... Read more
A new paradigm for continuous alignment of business and IT: combining enterprise architecture modeling and enterprise ontology

Author: Hinkelmann, K ; Karagiannis, D ; Thoenssen, B ; Woitsch, R ; Gerber, A ; Van der Merwe, A Date: Aug 2015 The ability to react timeously to continuous and unexpected change is called agility and is an essential quality of the modern enterprise. Being agile has consequences for the engineering of enterprises and enterprise information systems. We ... Read more
Propositions that describe the intended meaning of Enterprise Architecture

Author: Mentz, JC ; Kotzé, Paula ; van der Merwe, A Date: Sep 2014 In scientific inquiry definitions serves the purpose of describing what something is in terms that are concise, precise and allows for clear communication. Since the start of the enterprise architecture (EA) research field the issue of the ... Read more
Towards an enterprise repository framework

Author: Jacobs, D ; Kotzé, Paula ; Van Der Merwe, A Date: May 2009 The enterprise architect is dependent on the functionality of the enterprise repository to define and maintain the enterprise architecture. Two of the specific functionalities are typical ‘warehouse’ related functionalities. The one requirement ... Read more
Towards unification of product and enterprise system descriptions

Author: Erasmus, J ; Erasmus, Louwrence D ; Pretorius, J-HC Date: Jun 2015 An argument is presented for the unification of descriptions of product systems and enterprise systems. Product systems are developed and produced by enterprises, thus forming an integral part of the enterprise's architecture. However, many ... Read more
Work level related human factors for enterprise architecture as organisational strategy

Author: Gilliland, S ; Kotzé, Paula ; van der Merwe, A Date: Oct 2015 Enterprise architecture (EA) is an organisational strategy increasingly used to describe the integration of business and information management in complex enterprises. Organisations can prevent human–related problems and promote acceptance ... Read more

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