TY - GEN
T1 - Extending IT-based competitive strategy framework using architecture vision and business architecture of TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM)
AU - Puspitasari, Ira
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Association for Computing Machinery.
PY - 2019/8/23
Y1 - 2019/8/23
N2 - Aligning IT solutions with business requirements has been and continues to be a major problem in IT management. Despite the variety of the comprehensive IT business alignment frameworks available, many enterprises struggle with the implementation because of the excessive resource requirements and the high complexity processes. The difficulties of applying the existing frameworks and/or methodology are even more challenging for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) because of the limited resources and capabilities in SMEs. Yet, the right IT implementation in SMEs provides the same benefits as in large enterprises. This study aims to develop a specific and practical IT-business alignment framework to assist IT-business alignment efforts in SMEs. The proposed solution is the extension of IT-based competitive strategy framework using Architecture Vision and Business Architecture of TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM). The methodology follows the design-science research, i.e., designing the framework extension and evaluating the framework application in six SMEs in Indonesia. The results of the framework application demonstrate the framework suitability to address SMEs’ needs and constraints. The stakeholders’ assessment also confirms the benefit of the framework. The proposed framework is easy to understand and to use, and the outcomes are generally applicable for SMEs.
AB - Aligning IT solutions with business requirements has been and continues to be a major problem in IT management. Despite the variety of the comprehensive IT business alignment frameworks available, many enterprises struggle with the implementation because of the excessive resource requirements and the high complexity processes. The difficulties of applying the existing frameworks and/or methodology are even more challenging for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) because of the limited resources and capabilities in SMEs. Yet, the right IT implementation in SMEs provides the same benefits as in large enterprises. This study aims to develop a specific and practical IT-business alignment framework to assist IT-business alignment efforts in SMEs. The proposed solution is the extension of IT-based competitive strategy framework using Architecture Vision and Business Architecture of TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM). The methodology follows the design-science research, i.e., designing the framework extension and evaluating the framework application in six SMEs in Indonesia. The results of the framework application demonstrate the framework suitability to address SMEs’ needs and constraints. The stakeholders’ assessment also confirms the benefit of the framework. The proposed framework is easy to understand and to use, and the outcomes are generally applicable for SMEs.
KW - Framework extension
KW - IT management framework
KW - IT-based competitive strategy framework
KW - IT-business alignment
KW - Small and medium-sized enterprises
KW - TOGAF ADM
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074295962&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3357419.3357456
DO - 10.1145/3357419.3357456
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85074295962
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 37
EP - 42
BT - ICICM 2019 - Proceedings of 2019 the 9th International Conference on Information Communication and Management
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 9th International Conference on Information Communication and Management, ICICM 2019
Y2 - 23 August 2019 through 26 August 2019
ER -