Handbook on Enterprise Architecture

1 Introduction. - 1. 1 Enterprise Architecture. - 1. 2 The Business Process Perspective. - 1. 3 Extended, Virtual Enterprises. - 1. 4 Enterprise Integration Methods. - 1. 5 The Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture And Methodology (The GERAM Enterprise Architecture Framework). - References. - I Architecture Frameworks Organising Enterprise Architecture Knowledge. - 2 GERAM The Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology. - 3 A Mapping of Individual Architecture Frameworks (GRAI, PERA, C4ISR, CIMOSA, ZACHMAN, ARIS) onto GERAM. - II Strategy Making and Business Planning. - 4 Strategy as a Creation of Corporate Future. - 5 Leadership: Better Relationships through Better Communication. - 6 Capability Improvement. - 7 Developing the Business Model A Methodology for Virtual Enterprises. - 8 Analysing the Present Situation and Refining Strategy. - 9 Developing the Enterprise Concept The Business Plan. - III Defining the Requirements for Enterprise Change. - 10 Enterprise Modelling The Readiness of the Organisation. - 11 Modelling Function and Information. - 12 Modelling the Management System Enterprise Management and Activities. - 13 Resource Requirements of Enterprise Management. - 14 Enterprise Modelling. - IV Developing the Master Plan Architectural Design of the Changed Enterprise. - 15 Preliminary Design: Translating Requirements to Design Specifications. - 16 Organisational Design. - 17 Application Reference Models and Building Blocks for Management and Control. - 18 Designing the Information Technology Subsystem. - V Case Studies. - 19 Ford Motor Company s Investment Efficiency Initiative: A Case Study. - 20 The Business Process (Quiet)Revolution; Transformation to Process Organization. - 21 Farley Remote Operations Support System. - 22 The use ofGERAM to support SMEs Development in Mexico.