Traceability from the Business Value Model to the Enterprise Architecture: A Case Study

Wilco Engelsman*, Jaap Gordijn, Timber Haaker, Marten van Sinderen, Roel Wieringa

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Abstract

Information and communication technology (ICT) is a significant part of business value propositions. Netflix and Spotify would not have been possible without internet technology. Therefore, it is not sufficient to consider the ICT of a business as a cost center only. Rather it drives profit, and hence should be considered in concert with the business value model of a company. In previous research we have defined guidelines to transform a business value model into an enterprise architecture. In this paper, we validate the set of guidelines in a real-world case study, in which we created the business value model of a ecosystem and used our guidelines to redesign its enterprise architecture (EA). We quantified the business value model with revenues and expenses for the company. We validated the resulting models and their traceability with management and the enterprise architect of the company. The result is a further improvement and simplification of our guidelines. In this paper we present the case study, the models and the resulting guidelines. We end the paper with a discussion of further research needed to bring these research results to practice.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEnterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 22nd International Conference, BPMDS 2021, and 26th International Conference, EMMSAD 2021, Held at CAiSE 2021, Proceedings
EditorsAdriano Augusto, Asif Gill, Selmin Nurcan, Iris Reinhartz-Berger, Rainer Schmidt, Jelena Zdravkovic
PublisherSpringer
Pages212-227
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783030791858
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Jun 2021
Event22nd International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support, BPMDS 2021 and 26th International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Development, EMMSAD 2021 Held at CAiSE 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 28 Jun 202129 Jun 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume421
ISSN (Print)1865-1348
ISSN (Electronic)1865-1356

Conference

Conference22nd International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support, BPMDS 2021 and 26th International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Development, EMMSAD 2021 Held at CAiSE 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period28/06/2129/06/21

Keywords

  • 2024 OA procedure
  • Business value model
  • e
  • Enterprise architecture
  • Traceability
  • ArchiMate

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