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AMCIS 2010 - Call for Papers
2 MORE WEEKS LEFT!!
Important dates:
March 1st., 2010
Deadline for paper submissions
April 12, 2010
Notification of acceptance
April 26, 2010
Final copy due
Mini-Track: Enterprise Architecture
and Organizational Success
Co-Chairs:
Frank Armour, Kogod School of
Business,
American University, farmour@american.edu
J. Alberto Espinosa, Kogod School of
Business, American University, alberto@american.edu
Stephen Kaisler, SHK and Associates,
skaisler1@comcast.net
William DeLone, Kogod School of
Business,
American University, wdelone@american.edu
Peter Loos, IWi at DFKI, Saarland
University,
Germany, loos@iwi.uni-sb.de
Web site: http://eagle1.american.edu/~itdept/AMCIS2010_EA_Miniitrack_CFP.pdf
Enterprise Architecting (EA) is the
process of developing an enterprise Information Technology architecture
– both its description and its implementation. An EA description
focuses
on a holistic and integrated view of the why, where, and who uses IT
systems
and how and what they are used for within an organization. An
enterprise
architect (and his/her team) develops the strategy and enables the
decisions
for designing, developing, and deploying IT systems to support the
business
operations as well as to assess, select, and integrate the technology
into
the organization’s infrastructure. Alignment between business and IT
has
remained one of the top three issues for CIOs and IS managers for
several
years as reported by CIO magazine.
An EA implementation focuses on
remediating,
renovating, or replacing IT systems in compliance with the EA
description
to achieve the proposed benefits. EA is central to the execution
of business strategies. Organizations vary in their degree of EA
maturity.
While the research literature has devoted substantial attention to the
development of effective EA frameworks and the alignment of business
and
IT, there is very little empirical evidence about the organizational
benefits
of EA. For example, we know very little about which processes,
approaches
or coordination practices lead to an effective architecting effort or
whether
this effort leads to measurable organizational benefits.
Consequently, we are soliciting paper
submissions that: advance our knowledge of EA; help us learn about
effective
processes and approaches to effectively manage the EA; and begin to
identify
ways to measure the organizational benefits derived from EA. Papers
will
be solicited in several areas, including, but not limited to the
following:
• Architecting Processes,
Methodologies
and Practices
• Architectural Frameworks and Theory
• Tools and Techniques Supporting
Architecting
• Service-Oriented Architectures
(including
Web Services)
• System versus Software Architectures
• Addressing EA Challenges
• Integration of EA with IT Governance
and SOA
• Surveys and Case Studies
• EA and Organizational Success
Instructions for authors:
The entire paper should be no more
than
5,000 words, including all materials and sections such as figures,
tables,
and references. All conference submissions will be double-blind, peer
reviewed,
and must be submitted using the online submission system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2010.
For complete instructions for authors and information about the
conference,
visit the AMCIS 2010 website at http://www.amcis2010.org