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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 editors: Poutanen, Jouko; Pulkkinen, Mirja
Parent publication: ICEIS 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 conference: Online, 26.-28.4.2021
eISBN: 978-989-758-509-8
eISSN: 2184-4992
Publication year: 2021
Pages range: 726-734
Number of pages in the book: 807
Publisher: SCITEPRESS Science And Technology Publications
Place of Publication: Setúbal
Publication country: Portugal
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5220/0010455007260734
Publication open access: Not open
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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.
Keywords: enterprises; data systems; enterprise architecture; systems work; system theory
Free keywords: Enterprise Architecture Management; Complex Adaptive Systems; Business Agility; Dual Capability EAM
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Reporting Year: 2021
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