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Towards ecosystemic stance in Finnish public sector enterprise architecture (2019)

Nurmi, J., Penttinen, K., & Seppänen, V. (2019). Towards ecosystemic stance in Finnish public sector enterprise architecture. In M. Pańkowska, & K. Sandkuhl (Eds.), Perspectives in business informatics research : 18th International Conference, BIR 2019, Katowice, Poland, September 23–25, 2019, Proceedings (365, pp. 89-103). Springer. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31143-8_7

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All authors or editors: Nurmi, Jarkko; Penttinen, Katja; Seppänen, Ville

Parent publication: Perspectives in business informatics research : 18th International Conference, BIR 2019, Katowice, Poland, September 23–25, 2019, Proceedings

Parent publication editors: Pańkowska, Małgorzata; Sandkuhl, Kurt

Place and date of conference: Katowive, Poland, 23.-25.9.2019

ISBN: 978-3-030-31142-1

eISBN: 978-3-030-31143-8

Journal or series: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

ISSN: 1865-1348

eISSN: 1865-1356

Publication year: 2019

Volume: 365

Pages range: 89-103

Number of pages in the book: 247

Publisher: Springer

Place of Publication: Cham

Publication country: Switzerland

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31143-8_7

Publication open access: Not open

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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/65777

Abstract

Governments and organizations in both public and private sector are operating in fields of ever-growing uncertainty and complexity. To study this complex environment, the concept of ecosystems has been suggested, interpreting organizations as intertwined systems among layers of evolving ecosystems. While offering possibilities, operating in an ecosystemic environment might prove to be challenging, and the change from traditional governance structures might be difficult to manage, requiring holistic yet detailed view. Enterprise Architecture (EA) has been an interest of academics and practitioners for few decades, offering one of the most prominent solutions to managing complex organizations. Recently, it has been discussed that EA should further evolve to respond to the interconnectedness of organizations’, thus extending the focus of enterprise architecting from intra-organizational to the ecosystems level. Based on data from 26 in-depth practitioner interviews in Finland, we discuss how EA should be developed to better support Finnish public sector ecosystems. Our data indicates that qualities such as organizational capabilities, holistic view, co-creation and needs-based utilization are essential features of public sector ecosystem EA.

Keywords: enterprise architecture; enterprises; public sector; systems thinking

Free keywords: enterprise architecture; public sector; ecosystem

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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2019

JUFO rating: 1