Enterprise Architecture and Cartography: From Practice to Theory; From Representation to Design

This textbook provides guidance to both students and practitioners of enterprise architecture (EA) on how to develop and maintain enterprise models. Rather than providing yet another list of EA notations and frameworks from A to Z, it focuses on methods to perform such tasks. The problem of EA maintenance, named Enterprise Cartography, is an important aspect addressed in this book because EA is a never ending challenge that increases as the organization transformations pace also increases. The long time perspective also entails the evolution of architectural frameworks and notations, something that does not occur when developing new models. Thus, a catalogue of patterns, principles and methods is presented to develop and maintain EA models and views.

After a general introduction to the book in chapter 1, chapter 2 presents basic concepts for EA modeling. Chapter 3 further details the set of EA concepts needed to present the patterns, and principles, which are subsequently introduced in chapter 4. Next, chapter 5 describes enterprise cartography concepts and principles. The remaining book then turns to techniques and methodologies. In chapter 6 an EA development method is summarized. In chapter 7 an enterprise strategy design approach is proposed, while in chapter 8 a business process design methodology is described. Chapters 9 and 10 focus on information architecture and information systems architecture design approaches, including information systems architecture planning and application portfolio management. Eventually, chapter 11 describes a method for enterprise cartography (EC) design. Last not least, several case studies on EA and EC are proposed in the last chapter.

Pedro Sousa is Associated Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon University, where he created the courses on Enterprise Architecture and on Business Processes Management and Engineering. He worked in different industries, both in the public and the private sector, and in several countries in Europe and South America. He is author of and responsible for the Atlas cartography tool to support architecture maintenance. Focused on providing better solutions to organizations, he has combined academic research and industrial practice to exploit innovative solutions for managing organizational transformations for the past 20 years.

André Vasconcelos is Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon University, and researcher at INESC-ID, focusing on the modelling and evaluation of enterprise architectures. He has over 16 years of experience in advising organizations about information systems and enterprise architectures in both public and private sector projects.