Enterprise Architectures for Information and Operational Technologies for Asset Management

Enterprise IT Architecture Greenfield Design Combining IEC 62264 and TOGAF by Example of Battery Manufacturing

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It is widely argued that the information systems (IS) leadership function has undergone fundamental changes over the past decade. TO better understand the changes, this study compares the backgrounds, responsibilities, reporting relationships, and power of newly appointed IS executives (who had been in their position for two years or less) with established IS executives (who had been in their position for five years or more). The study found that approximately half of the new IS executives were external hires, whereas almost all of the established IS executives were promoted from within the company. More than two-thirds of the new IS executives had more than five years' experience managing a non-IS function within the past 15 years. Established IS executives had spent the majority of their career within the IS function. The activities receiving the most attention from new IS executives were information technology (IT) strategic planning and control, IT architecture management and standards development, and human resource management. For established IS executives, the activities receiving the most attention were IT architecture management and standards development, human resource management, and operations. An increasing number of new IS executives reported directly to the CEO, and almost half were members of the senior management/strategic policy committee. These findings have several important implications. First, the senior IS executive must be able to bring a broader business perspective to the position. Current senior IS executives who have not broadened their own knowledge, skills, and experiences in business strategy, management, and operations should immediately develop a personal career development program to gain these valuable perspectives. Second, senior IS executives should implement career development strategies within their own organizations that ensure that IS professionals have the opportunity to acquire the business management experience necessary to advance to higher IS management levels. Third, graduate and executive programs designed to prepare future IS managers and leaders must provide both a business and IT perspective throughout the curriculum.

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 Penerapan Enterprise Arsitektur (EA) merupakan konsep penting yang dibutuhkan oleh perguruan tinggi skala besar. Penerapan EA bertujuan secara komprehensif membantu menyelesaikan dinamika atau permasalahan yang ada. Pentingnya EA mulai dari penataan SI strategi yang mendukung perkuliahan, layanan Teknologi Informasi (TI), data, aplikasi dan teknologi kedepannya. Rencana Strategi dan Rencana Induk Pengembangan Universitas Pattimura menjadi acuan dalam penerapan EAP, dan juga wawancara kepada mahasiswa, Dosen dan Karyawan bagian pengelolaan TI menjadi metode penelitian penulis, sehingga menemukan data kongkrit untuk dapat merencanakan EA Universitas Pattimura. TOGAF ADM merupakan sebuah kerangka kerja atau framework yang mampu mengatur sebuah arsitektur perusahan, dan juga merupakan sebuah metode mengembangkan arsitektur sebuah korporat yang dipakai oleh peneliti. Blueprint arsitektur bisnis, data, aplikasi sistem informasi dan teknologi merupakan hasil dari pemodelan EA yang diterapkan pada ruang lingkup Universitas Pattimura. TOGAF ADM pada fase Preliminary Phase atau fase awal mengidentifikasi suatu korporat dari arsitektur bisnis, data, aplikasi dan teknologi. Pada fase Vision Architecture menghasilkan visi arsitektur antara lain arsitektur bisnis, data, aplikasi dan teknologi. Pada fase Business Architecture menghasilkan blueprint arsitektur bisnis. Pada fase Information System Architecture menghasilkan blueprint arsitektur SI, dan pada fase Technology Architecture menghasilkan blueprint arsitektur TI. Penerapan metode EAP pada Universitas Pattimura membawa dampak positif karena menghasilkan keselarasan strategi bisnis dan strategi TI sehingga penting untuk diterapkan.

Electronic Health Records: Promises and Realities: A 3-Part Series Part I: The Digital Sea Change, Ready or Not

This research aims to create an information technology architecture that will automate the company's business processes that focus on customer relationship management systems using a case study from PT Indorama. Enterprise IT Architecture must complement the vision and organizational goals and match the needs of business processes. As a result, creating IT blueprints is critical for businesses to make the future development of information systems easier. TOGAF ADM was used to create the IT architecture for this investigation. To integrate current system applications, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) based applications are used to complete various business tasks that are not currently enabled by the current application system. This research results in the design of an IT architecture to support the company's strategic plans through business process automation and answer predetermined challenges. Keywords” Enterprise Architecture, Customer Relationship Management, TOGAF ADM

The implementation of financial report management applications based on Android information technology in mosques has become a significant innovation in the application of Shariah economic law. This research investigates the effectiveness of applying this information technology in managing mosque financial reports. An experimental research method was used involving the development of a specific Android application to record and track financial transactions in accordance with Shariah principles. The results indicate a significant improvement in the accuracy, speed, and reliability of financial reporting after the implementation of this application. Furthermore, the application enhances transparency and accountability in mosque financial management, thereby reinforcing the application of Shariah economic law in the context of mosque finances. Despite some challenges in adopting this technology, such as a lack of technological understanding, the benefits obtained are considerably greater. The implications of this study suggest that the use of information technology, such as the Android application, can enhance efficiency and compliance with Shariah economic principles in mosque financial management. The application of financial report management applications based on Android information technology in mosque financial management specifically focuses on implementing Shariah economic principles. This research explores the effectiveness of Android information technology in aiding the recording, reporting, and management of mosque finances in accordance with Shariah principles. The use of information technology in mosque financial management has significant implications for enhancing compliance with Shariah economic principles. This study highlights that the application of Android software in the context of mosque finances can make a significant contribution to Shariah-compliant fund management, with the potential to improve transparency, compliance, and efficiency in mosque financial management.

Since the 1990s, organizations have gradually become involved in the transformation of their information technology (IT) management process. In order to determine the direction of IT development in correlation with business needs, a consolidated management approach is imposed. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of the maturity level of IT management process in an organization. For this purpose, an empirical study in a Romanian public service company was done by using the benchmarking technique and Capability Maturity Model to describe the maturity level of IT management process. Four benchmarking classes, including a number of 24 benchmarks, were taken into account to focus on the main key issues - IT management strategy and IT planning; alignment of business strategy, IT strategy, organizational structure, and IT infrastructure; and information systems security management. The study reveals that the IT management process is mainly focused on technological dimension and less on the managerial one. It was observed that IT managers have a low awareness of managerial skills in planning, organizing, controlling, and leading the IT activities. Practical implication of the study presents two major issues: 1) on one hand, the need to approach a transversal vision in managing the IT process by aligning it to a complex set of choices, reflecting both a strategic and functional perspective and, 2) on the other hand, this study may be useful for managers looking to improve management of the IT department as well as the quality of their services. The study also indicates specific recommendations to refine the IT management process of Romanian companies.

Simulation modeling can be a key enabler and method for mitigating risk within the Department of Defense?s Enterprise Transformation, especially in the area of the IT systems that enable transformation. This paper provides a brief overview of the Air Force?s approach to enterprise architecture development and demonstrates how modeling and simulation (M&S) can be used to optimize Enterprise IT architecture design to meet the needs of operational end users.

Recently huge investments have been made in the field of information systems (IS) as a part of Information Technology (IT) in organizations, but organizations could not reach their objectives in this sector. One factor which affects the return of investment (ROI) in IS and IT is strategic alignment of business and IT. Purpose of this study is to identify factors that affect the alignment of IT and business in organizations. In this study the role and responsibilities of chief information officers (CIO) and their performance relationships with IT and business alignment and improvement of organizational performance are evaluated in selected organizations. 80 IT professionals and managers from different organizations, who are identified by the State Scientific Research and Policy Center, responded to questions of this research through a website. Obtained results indicated that direct report to the chief executive by CIO and CIO membership in the executive committee improves IT services of the business. Findings show that the CIO has a key role in the alignment of business and IT. Limitations and problems of IT are properly understood by the CIO, therefore they can help to prepare appropriate IT and business strategies and consequently improve the performance of organizations.

With the growth of organizations, the scope and size of their information systems are getting bigger. The complexity of the business logic makes the legacy system low maintainability. By providing loose coupling, service oriented architecture (SOA) is becoming dominant enterprise IT architecture. How to identify reusable components from legacy system in future SOA system is becoming a hot research area. This paper proposes a multi-level architecture to meet the requirements of data separation in special organizations. Clustering technologies used to analyze and build components successfully are applied with component connectivity strength metric to distribute data and their relevant service components into levels for achieving SOA high performance, as well as flexibility and interoperation.

IT Governance is a branch of the corporate governance system focused on information technology (IT) as well as performance and risk management. IT Governance is defined as the processes that ensure the effective and efficient use of IT in enabling an organization to achieve its goal. There are many different frameworks that can be used for managing the delivery of cost-effective IT services. IT managing the delivery of cost-effective IT services does not always give the advantage to the company. There are times when the IT managing the delivery of cost-effective IT services does not provide any benefit, it can cause IT Productivity Paradox. IT Productivity Paradox can be prevented, one is to analyze the processes undertaken with IT. From this analysis we will get the significance of the relationship processes with the IT Goal. The significance will be seen which one significant process and which one are not significant to the IT Goal. If the IT process there are not significant to the IT Goal, the process does not need to be repaired because it has no effect on IT Goal. Existing IT governance frameworks are COBIT, ITIL, ISO 20000, 17799/27001, Six Sigma, etc. The IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), initially developed in the UK by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), is gaining traction in the global IT community as a framework for IT governance. ISO 20000-focusing upon IT service management. ISO 17799 / ISO 27001 - focusing upon information. Six Sigma-focusing upon operational performance and defect identification. COBIT - framework for information IT management risks. Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT) provides good practices across a domain and process framework and presents activities in a manageable and logical structure. COBIT’s good practices represent the consensus of experts. They are strongly focused more on control, less on execution. These practices will help optimise IT-enabled investments, ensure service delivery and provide a measure against which to judge when things do go wrong. This research is intend to find out whether Cobit mapping Business Goal to IT Goal appropriate with case study. The result The results using SEM approach shows that the mapping of COBIT is not significant in the case studies of academic administration.

Present standards guiding the corporate governance of information technology (IT) provide useful frameworks for organizations’ governing bodies to direct the effective use of information technology (IT) within their organizations. However, existing standards still fail to resolve the dilemma regarding the actual allocation of IT roles and responsibilities between governing bodies and IT management, while such an allocation represents a major challenge in many contemporary organizations. To advance on this issue, we explore IT managers’ interpretation of the allocation of IT roles and responsibilities to either the governing body or managerial levels in nine Ibero-American Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). We used the ISO/IEC 38500 and COBIT standards to define a unique set of 212 management and governance activities and responsibilities. We surveyed 30 IT managers in Higher Education Institutions from nine Ibero-American countries and identified the divergence in the allocation of IT Governance and Management tasks between respondents and expert judgments. Using regression analysis, we show that the degree of such divergence depends on organizational contingency factors such as the formalization of IT procedures, centralization, the complexity of the organization, and the size of IT departments. This is the first study in the literature conducting a thorough analysis of IT task allocation between the governing level and the management level. This study is also the first to identify four organizational factors influencing the divergence between respondents and expert opinion regarding this allocation. The findings and propositions presented in this paper have the potential to extend our understanding of the IT governance dilemma in other professional organizations similar to HEIs.

Utilization of information systems or technology in an organization is needed to improve organizational efficiency. This relates to the rapid development of information systems or technology that affect the ongoing business processes. The effectiveness is in the form of aligning business strategy with information system strategy and business transformation. However, the dilemma faced especially in Government agencies such as the Balikpapan City Department of Transportation is how to align business strategies and information systems strategies that will be used so as to achieve organizational goals. Responding to the problem, it is necessary to align between the business needs of the organization and the needs of the application to support the vision and mission to be achieved by the Balikpapan City Department of Transportation. This can be achieved by using the framework of The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) which provides a detailed method of how to build, manage and implement an enterprise architecture known as the Architecture Development Method (ADM), hereafter referred to as TOGAF ADM. This research produces a mapping of business needs and application needs to support the vision and mission to be achieved through the information systems or technology architecture design including business architecture modeling, information system architecture, and technology architecture on the Balikpapan City Department of Transportation.

Rapid development of information and computer technologies, improvement of technical platform and emergence of completely new classes of software products have led to changes in approaches to automation of production management. This article addresses some of the issues of using information technology in management.