Abstract
Enterprise Architecture (EA) as a discipline with numerous and enterprise-wide models, can support decision making on enterprise-wide issues. In order to provide such support, EA models should be amenable to analysis of various utilities and quality attributes. This paper provides a method towards EA interoperability analysis. This approach is based on Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and considers the situation of the enterprise in giving weight to the different criteria and sub criteria of each utility. It proposes a quantitative method of assessing Interoperability achievement of different scenarios using AHP based on the knowledge and experience of EA experts and domain experts, and helps in deciding between them. The applicability of the proposed approach is demonstrated using a practical case study.
Chapter PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Nightingale, D.J., Rhodes, D.H.: Enterprise Systems Architecting: Emerging Art and Science within Engineering Systems. In: MIT Engineering Systems Symposium (2004)
Armour, F.J., Kaisler, S.H., Liu, S.Y.: Building an enterprise architecture step by step. IEEE IT Professional 1(4), 31–39 (1999)
Bass, L., Klein, M., Bachmann, F.: Quality Attribute Design Primitives and the Attribute Driven Design Method. In: 4th International Workshop on Product Family Engineering (2001)
Chen, D., Vallespir, B., Daclin, N.: An Approach for Enterprise Interoperability Measurement. In: Proceedings of MoDISE-EUS (2008)
IEEE, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers): Standard Computer Dictionary- A Compilation of IEEE Standard Computer Glossaries (1990)
WordNet Browser 2.1, Princeton University Cognitive Science Lab
ISO 14258, Concepts and Rules for Enterprise Models TC 184/SC5/WG1 (1998)
ATHENA Integrated Project, Guidelines and Best Practices for Applying the ATHENA Interoperability Framework to Support SME Participation in Digital Ecosystems, Deliverable DA8.2 (2007)
EIF, European Interoperability Framework for PAN-European EGovernment services, IDA working document - Version 4.2 (2004)
INTEROP, Enterprise Interoperability-Framework and knowledge corpus - Final report, INTEROP NoE, FP6 – Contract n° 508011, Deliverable DI.3 (May 21, 2007)
Kazman, R., Abowd, G., Bass, L., Clements, P.: Scenario-Based Analysis of Software Architecture. IEEE Software, 47–55 (1996)
Clements, P., Kazman, R., Klein, M.: Evaluating Software Architectures: Methods and Case Studies. Addison-Wesley, Reading (2001)
Gacek, C.: Detecting Architectural Mismatch During System Composition. PhD. Thesis, University of Southern California (1998)
Allen, R., Douence, R., Garlan, D.: Specifying and Analyzing Dynamic Software Architectures. In: Proceedings of the 1998 Conference on Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering (1998)
Medvidovic, N., Rosenblum, D., Taylor, R.: A Language and Environment for Architecture-Based Software Development and Evolution. In: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Software Engineering (1999)
Svahnberg, M., Wohlin, C., Lundberg, L., Mattsson, M.: A quality-driven decision-support method for identifying software architecture candidates. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 13(5), 547–573 (2003)
Al-Naeem, T., Gorton, I., Babar, M.A., Rabhi, F., Benatallah, B.: A quality-driven systematic approach for architecting distributed software applications. In: Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), St. Louis, USA, pp. 244–253 (2005)
Svahnberg, M., Wohlin, C., Lundberg, L., Mattsson, M.: A method for understanding quality attributes in software architecture structures. In: Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Software engineering and knowledge engineering (SEKE), pp. 819–826 (2002)
Davidsson, P., Johansson, S., Svahnberg, M.: Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process for Evaluating Multi-Agent System Architecture Candidates. In: 6th International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE), pp. 205–217 (2005)
Buyukozkan, G., Ruan, D.: Evaluation of software development projects using a fuzzy multi-criteria decision approach. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 77(5-6), 464–475 (2008)
Mikhailov, L., Tsvetinov, P.: Evaluation of services using a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process. Appl. Soft Comput. 5, 23–33 (2004)
Lee, K., Choi, H., Lee, D., Kang, S.: Quantitative Measurement of Quality Attribute Preferences Using Conjoint Analysis. In: Gilroy, S.W., Harrison, M.D. (eds.) DSV-IS 2005. LNCS, vol. 3941, pp. 213–224. Springer, Heidelberg (2006)
Zhu, L., Aurum, A., Gorton, I., Jeffery, D.: Tradeoff and Sensitivity Analysis in Software Architecture Evaluation Using Analytic Hierarchy Process. Software Quality Journal 13(4), 357–375 (2005)
Reddy, A., Naidu, M., Govindarajulu, P.: An Integrated approach of Analytical Hierarchy Process Model and Goal Model (AHP-GP Model) for Selection of Software Architecture. International journal of Computer Science and Network Security 7(10), 108–117 (2007)
Johnson, P., Lagerström, R., Närman, P., Simonsson, M.: Enterprise architecture analysis with extended influence diagrams. Information Systems Frontiers 9(2-3), 163–180 (2007)
Närman, P., Johnson, P., Nordström, L.: Enterprise Architecture: A Framework Supporting System Quality Analysis. In: 11th IEEE Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference, pp. 130–141 (2007)
Johnson, P., Lagerström, R., Närman, P., Simonsson, M.: Extended Influence Diagrams for Enterprise Architecture Analysis. In: 10th IEEE Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference, pp. 3–12 (2006)
Johnson, P., Lagerström, R., Närman, P., Simonsson, M.: Extended Influence Diagrams for System Quality Analysis. Journal Of Software (JSW) 2(3), 30–42 (2007)
Lagerström, R.: Analyzing System Maintainability Using Enterprise Architecture Models. In: Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Trends in Enterprise Architecture Research (TEAR 2007), St Gallen, Switzerland, pp. 31–39 (2007)
Johnson, P., Johansson, E., Sommestad, T., Ullberg, J.: A Tool for Enterprise Architecture Analysis. In: 11th IEEE Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference, pp. 142–156 (2007)
Lagerström, R., Johnson, P.: Using Architectural Models to Predict the Maintainability of Enterprise Systems. In: 12th European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, pp. 248–252 (2008)
Ullberg, J., Lagerström, R., Johnson, P.: Johnson P.: Enterprise Architecture: A Service Interoperability Analysis Framework. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Interoperability for Enterprise Software and Applications Conference (I-ESA 2008), pp. 611–623. Springer, Berlin (2008)
Karlsson, J., Wohlin, C., Regnell, B.: An Evaluation of Methods for Prioritizing Software Requirements. Information and Software Technology 39(14-15), 938–947 (1998)
Saaty, T.L.: The Analytic Hierarchy Process. McGraw Hill, Inc., New York (1980)
Saaty, T.L., Vargas, L.G.: Models, Methods, Concepts &Applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (2001)
Buyukyazici, M., Sucu, M.: The Analytic Hierarchy and Analytic Network Processes. Hacettepe Journal of Mathematics and Statistics 32, 65–73 (2003)
Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) Council: Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF). Version 1.1 (1999)
Spewak, S.H.: Enterprise Architecture Planning, Developing a Blueprint for Data, Applications and Technology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Chichester (1992)
Sowa, J.F., Zachman, J.A.: Extending and Formalizing the Framework for Information Systems Architecture. IBM Journal 31(3), 914–945 (1992) IBM Publication G321-5488. 914-945-3836
Razavi, M., Shams Aliee, F.: A New AHP-based Approach towards Enterprise Architecture Quality Attribute Analysis. In: Proceedings of the IEEE International conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, pp. 333–342 (2009)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2009 IFIP International Federation for Information Processing
About this paper
Cite this paper
Razavi, M., Aliee, F.S. (2009). An Approach towards Enterprise Interoperability Assessment. In: Poler, R., van Sinderen, M., Sanchis, R. (eds) Enterprise Interoperability. IWEI 2009. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 38. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04750-3_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04750-3_5
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-04749-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-04750-3
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)