Workshop on Trends in Enterprise Architecture Research (TEAR 2006) at The 10th Enterprise Computing Conference (EDOC2006) Hong Kong, 16 October 2006
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
The field of enterprise architecture attracted the attention of the research community for the first time, when Zachman introduced the Framework for Information Systems Architecture in 1987. However, it was not until 1996 before enterprise architecture emerged as an active field of business activity and research. In 1996, the Clinger-Cohen Act (also known as the Information Technology Management Reform Act) of the U.S. government directed federal agencies to implement a holistic approach to align information technology to their business goals.
Enterprise architecture is important because organizations need to adapt increasingly fast to changing customer requirements and business goals. This need influences the entire chain of activities of an enterprise, from business processes to IT support. Moreover, a change in one architecture may influence other architectures. For example, when a new product is introduced, someone should be made responsible for it, and business processes for production, sales and after-sales need to be adapted. It might be necessary to change applications, or even adapt the IT infrastructure. Each of these fields will have its own architectures. To keep the enterprise architecture coherent and aligned with the business goals of the enterprise, the relations between these different architectures must be clear, and a change should be carried through methodically in all architectures.
SCOPE
Until recently, practitioners, consulting firms and tool vendors have been leading in the development of the EA discipline. Research on enterprise architecture has been taking place in relatively isolated communities. The main objective of this workshop is to bring these different communities of EA researchers together and to identify trends and major research challenges in EA research. This workshop will provide a discussion forum where EA researchers and practitioners can meet and exchange experiences, problems and ideas related to EA.
TOPICS
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Processes and patterns for establishing and maintaining an EA; * EA and IT governance; * Enterprise modelling; * Service-oriented EA; * Viewpoints in EA; * Tool support for EA; * EA and system development; * Techniques for analysis and evaluation of an EA; * EA and e-government; * EA and the networked enterprise; * Case studies.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
To enable lively and productive discussions, attendance will be limited to 20 participants and submission of a paper or a position statement is required. All submissions will be peer reviewed for relevance and quality.
Submissions should be 4 to 8 pages long in IEEE Computer Society format and include the author's name, affiliation and contact details. They should be submitted by e-mail as postscript or PDF files before June 16, 2006 to the Workshop Chairs (tear2006@telin.nl).
Authors will be notified of acceptance by July 28, 2005. At least one author of an accepted paper should participate in the workshop. Papers will be collected and published on CD-ROM and through the EDOC website. Moreover, all accepted papers for the Workshop will appear in the IEEE Digital Library. Depending on quality of submissions, we may arrange for post-workshop publication of extended papers in a special issue of an appropriate journal.
WORKSHOP CHAIRS
Marc M. Lankhorst Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands marc.lankhorst@telin.nl
Maarten W.A. Steen Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands maarten.steen@telin.nl
WORKSHOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Guiseppe Berio (University of Turin) Scott Bernard (Carnegie Mellon University, Syracuse University) Sjaak Brinkkemper (Utrecht University) Luis Camarinha-Matos (UNINOVA) Jan Goossenaerts (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven) Stan Hendryx (Hendryx Associates) Erik Proper (Radboud University Nijmegen) Jaap Schekkerman (IFEAD) Hongbing Wang (Nanjing University) Robert Winter (University of St. Gallen) Martin Zelm (CIMOSA)
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission deadline: 16 June 2006 Author notification: 28 July 2006 Camera ready of papers: 18 August 2006 Workshop date: 16 October 2006
SUPPORTERS
Telematica Instituut ArchiMate Forum Freeband A-MUSE
Further information about the Workshop is available at http://tear2006.telin.nl
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