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A process reuse identification framework using an alignment model
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/31634 A process reuse identification framework using an alignment model Yadavalli, Venkata S. Sarma marne.devries@up.ac.za Van der Merwe, Alta J. De Vries, Marne Business-it alignment Operating model Process standardisation Process modelling Enterprise design Enterprise ontology Enterprise engineering Enterprise architecture (EA) Enterprise alignment Reusable process models UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2013. This thesis explores the potential to unify three emerging disciplines: enterprise engineering, enterprise architecture and enterprise ontology. The current fragmentation that exists in literature on enterprise alignment and design constrains the development and growth of the emerging disciplines. Enterprises need to use a multi-disciplinary approach when they continuously align, design and re-design the enterprise. Although enterprises need to be aligned internally (across various enterprise facets), as well as externally (with the environment), most alignment approaches still focus on business-IT alignment, i.e. aligning the business operations with the information and communication technologies and systems of the enterprise. This study focuses on a popular business-IT alignment approach,called the foundation for execution approach, and its associated artefact, called the operating model. The study acknowledges the theoretical contribution of the operating model to establish the required level of business process integration and standardisation at an enterprise in delivering goods and services to customers. Highlighting the practical problems in selecting an operating model for an enterprise, and more specifically the practical problems of identifying process reuse potential at an enterprise, a thesis statement is formulated: The operating model concept, as part of a business-IT alignment approach, can be enhanced with a process reuse identification framework, when a business-IT alignment contextualisation is used. The study is divided into two research questions. The first research question addresses the current fragmentation that exists in the literature, which impairs reuse of the existing business-IT alignment knowledge base. An inductive literature review develops the Business-IT Alignment Model to provide a common contextualisation for current business-IT alignment approaches. The second research question addresses the practical problems of the operating model regarding the identification of process reuse potential at an enterprise. Applying the newly developed Business-IT Alignment Model as a contextualisation instrument, the study demonstrates the use of design research in developing the Process Reuse Identification Framework. The conclusion after the investigation of the two research questions is that the thesis statement was confirmed, i.e. the operating model concept, as part of a business-IT alignment approach, can be enhanced with a process reuse identification framework, when a business-IT contextualisation is used. Industrial and Systems Engineering Unrestricted 2013-09-10T07:02:03Z 2013 2013-09-10T07:02:03Z 2013-04-04 2013 2013-08-14 Thesis De Vries, M 2012, A Process reuse identification framework using an alignment model, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08142013-141609 / > D13/4/715/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31634 © 2012 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Business-it alignment Operating model Process standardisation Process modelling Enterprise design Enterprise ontology Enterprise engineering Enterprise architecture (EA) Enterprise alignment Reusable process models UCTD A process reuse identification framework using an alignment model |
| title | A process reuse identification framework using an alignment model |
| title_full | A process reuse identification framework using an alignment model |
| title_fullStr | A process reuse identification framework using an alignment model |
| title_full_unstemmed | A process reuse identification framework using an alignment model |
| title_short | A process reuse identification framework using an alignment model |
| title_sort | process reuse identification framework using an alignment model |
| topic | Business-it alignment Operating model Process standardisation Process modelling Enterprise design Enterprise ontology Enterprise engineering Enterprise architecture (EA) Enterprise alignment Reusable process models UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31634 |