Intermediary Report
1. Literature that already has been read
Bernaert M., Poels G. (2011). De zoektocht naar know-how, know-why, know-what en
know-who: architectuur voor kleinere bedrijven in vier dimensies. Informatie(Amsterdam)
53 (9): 34-41.
Bernaert M., Poels G.(2012). Enterprise architecture for Small and Medium-Sized
Enterprises. Submitted for Information Systems and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
(SMEs): State of art of IS research in SMEs.
Bernaert M., Poels G., Snoeck M., De Backer M. (2012). Enterprise architecture for Small
and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A starting point for bringing EA to SMEs, based on adoption
models.
Green P., Rosemann M. (2000). Integrated Process Modeling: an ontological evaluation.
Information Systems Vol. 25, No. 2, 73-87.
Green and Rosemann have evaluated ARIS on base of the Bunge-Wand-Weber models. So,
they examined if the modeling of information systems (ARIS) are using grammar according to
BWW model. They wanted to find weaknesses in the integrated process model. The
conclusion was that there were a lot of deficits on which there could be required
improvements.
I might focus on this methodology, when I will analyze ARIS and ArchiMate based on the rule
of seven.
Josey A. et al. (2012). ArchiMate 2.0 - A pocket guide. TOGAF series.
Explanation of ArchiMate 2.0. The graphical modeling language is explained into detail.
Archimate has three types of elements, namely active structure elements, passive structure
elements and behavior elements. These are linked to each other through interaction and
collaboration and can be organized in three different layers, namely the business layer, the
application layer and the technology layer. ArchiMate 2.0 is also extended with a motivation
part, where it keeps stakeholders, drivers and assessments into account. Also several
viewpoints are discussed, which might be relevant to focus on for this thesis.
Lankhorst M. (2009). Enterprise architecture: Creating value by informed governance.
Springer-Verslag, New York.
Badly enough it was not so appropriate for my thesis, but it gave me a good insight on what
Enterprise Architecture actually is. Why it is needed, namely to translate strategies into
actions and to try to handle the big complexity companies are suffering nowadays.
However, I think that ‘EA at work’ will be more interesting to go through than this book.
Miller G.A. (1956). The magical number seven, plus or minus two: some limits on our
capacity for processing information. Psychological review 63(2): 81.
Miller states that the human memory is limited. It can only process a limited amount of
information. However, when we start organizing the input in several dimensions, one will be
able to process a greater amount of information. He says that the amount we can process is
7 ± 2 items.
Scheer A.W. (1999). ARIS-Business Process Modeling. Springer-Verslag, Berlin.
Explanation of the house of ARIS, the house of business engineering.
ARIS stands for the Architecture of Integrated Information systems and relates five concepts
to each other. So, Scheer has developed an enterprise architecture that has several
perspectives on the enterprise; namely the data view, the control view, the function view,
the organization view and the output view. This book describes how every view can be
modeled and designed. It makes use of event-driven process chains.
These views can be categorized in static and dynamic views. The function view is considered
as the dynamic one, whereas the others are static. Therefore, these static views do not
show how the process flows, they only imply a process flow so that they have to be
combined in the dynamic process view.
Wierda G. (2012). Mastering ArchiMate. The Netherlands.
This manual gives a clear explanation about how ArchiMate is build. It also gives tips and
trick on how to make sure that your view is organized and clear. Together with the pocket
guide about Archimate, this also gives a good overview on how ArchiMate works.
2. Literature List
Baddeley A., Thomson N., Buchanan M. (1975). Word Length and Structure of Short-Term
Memory. Journal of verbal learning and verbal behavior 14, p575-589.
Doumont J.L. (2002). Magical numbers: The seven-plus-or-minus-two myth. IEEE Trans.
Profess. Commun., vol. 45, pp.123 -127.
Glissman S., Sanz J. (2009). A comparative review of Business Architectures. IBM Research
Report.
Hayne S.(2005). The Use of Pattern-Communication Tools and Team Pattern Recognition.
IEEE Transactions On Professional Communication, Vol. 48, No. 4
Kruchten P. (1995). Architectural Blueprints - The “4+1” View Model of Software
Architecture. IEEE Software 12 (6), p42-p50
Lankhorst M. (2009). Enterprise Architecture at Work: Modelling, communication and
analysis. Springer-Verslag, New York.
Marks L., Miller G.A. (1964). The Role of Semantic and Syntactic Constraints in the
Memorization of English Sentences. Journal of verbal learning and verbal behavior 3, p1-5
Moody D. (2009. The “Physics” of Notations:Towards a Scientific Basis for Constructing
Visual Notations in Software Engineering. IEEE Transactions on software engineering, Vol.
35, No.5, 756-778.
Scheer A.W. , Abolhassan F., Jost W., Kirchmer M.(2002) Business process excellence: ARIS in
Practice.Springer-Verslag.
REMARK: There have still to be added some scientific approaches about how the work of
Miller is applied in other cases.
3. Problem definition and research question
Miller has been applied already to several different models. How can we use it for Enterprise
Architecture? More specifically, how can Miller be applied to ArchiMate and to ARIS? Is it
possible to organize the models in several chunks so that it could stay longer in the
employers’ memory?
4. Methodology
Firstly, I want to do a literature study on what ARIS is and how it is implemented and how
Miller can be applied to it. I will do the same for Archimate. The comparison of these two
Enterprise architectures would be discussed in a third section.
Then, for my research question I hope to come up with some recommendations for
improvement. Furthermore, I hope to apply these recommendations for both Archimate and
ARIS and to test it in some or another way. However, I still don’t know how to test it. Maybe
I’ll contact a company who already is using ARIS/Archimate or I check it through a survey on
my fellow students.
5. Planning
Finished
RESERVE time
3
Rewriting
4
Reading
2
Writing & Analyzing results
6
Study & Exams
6
Task
Applying to a case?/Check with students..
6
Recommendations
6
Comparison
4
Reading & writing (LS)
7
Holidays
3
Reading (LS)
2
Literature Study(LS)
12
Study & Exams
7
Intermediary Report
4
Literature Study(LS)
11
0
10
20
30
40
Weeks
50
60
70
This Gantt chart starts on 18/02/2013 and ends on 18/05/2014. This summer normally my
literature study should be finished. Then I’ll start with my research, which I hope to end at
the end of the first semester in order to start writing the second semester next year.