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Dual Capability EAM for Agility in Business Capability Building : A Systems Theoretical View (2021)


Poutanen, J., & Pulkkinen, M. (2021). Dual Capability EAM for Agility in Business Capability Building : A Systems Theoretical View. In J. Filipe, M. Smialek, A. Brodsky, & S. Hammoudi (Eds.), ICEIS 2021 : Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. Volume 2 (pp. 726-734). SCITEPRESS Science And Technology Publications. https://doi.org/10.5220/0010455007260734


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All authors or editorsPoutanen, Jouko; Pulkkinen, Mirja

Parent publicationICEIS 2021 : Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. Volume 2

Parent publication editors Filipe, Joaquim; Smialek, Michal; Brodsky, Alexander; Hammoudi, Slimane

Place and date of conferenceOnline26.-28.4.2021

eISBN978-989-758-509-8

eISSN2184-4992

Publication year2021

Pages range726-734

Number of pages in the book807

PublisherSCITEPRESS Science And Technology Publications

Place of PublicationSetúbal

Publication countryPortugal

Publication languageEnglish

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5220/0010455007260734

Publication open accessNot open

Publication channel open access

Publication is parallel published (JYX)https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/78518


Abstract

Through two cases of IT-enabled business capability building in large enterprises, this paper elucidates how the systems theory approach can explain the enterprise architecture management (EAM) challenge to support business agility. The observation in both of these cases is that a legacy EAM approach does not adapt to a business development scenario involving agility. This leads to a study of the nature of the challenges in EAM when enabling strategic business moves involving new technologies, at the business unit level. For the type of projects as in these cases, we do not find a fitting paradigm in the EAM literature. Suggested solutions are IT bimodality, or Two Speed IT. However, its combination with EAM is scarce in earlier research. To be able to provide guiding ideas for the further development of a dual capability EAM approach, with an evident need, we develop a systems theoretical starting point to examine the cases. Complex Adaptive System (CAS) characteristics appear to give the necessary explanations to build on. Supported by this theoretical development, the study results in principles of a dual capability EAM, for agile strategic business capability building involving enterprise re-structuring.


Keywordsenterprisesdata systemsenterprise architecturesystems worksystem theory

Free keywordsEnterprise Architecture Management; Complex Adaptive Systems; Business Agility; Dual Capability EAM


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Ministry reportingYes

Reporting Year2021

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