An Enterprise Reference Architectural method for the business RM of the Construction sector- Development and Evaluation
Volume 8, Issue 1 Ehab Adwan
Published online:05 March 2023
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The ecosystem of the construction enterprises is not well-defined, resulting in the inability to identify the ICT measurements including ICT gaps, ICT duplicative levels, and future ICT investments. Business reference models (RM) are human graphical interpretation models resulting from cross agency analysis of the structural elements and functional operations of enterprises. An Enterprise Reference Architectural method and RM are developed based on the integration of the Design science research phases (DSR) and the Enterprise architecture (EA) discipline. The six phases of DSR based method orchestrated the development of an RM for the AEC/Construction sector in conjunction with a customized open group architectural framework (TOGAF), ArchiMate modeling language, and an exploratory in-depth Case Study for an AEC/Construction case. The developed method and resulting business RM were evaluated based on Delphi technique and empirically scored 73% of appropriateness w.r.t eleven quality parameters.
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Adwan, E. (2023). An Enterprise Reference Architectural method for the business RM of the Construction sector- Development and Evaluation. International Journal of Business and Administrative Studies, 9(1), 26-45. https://dx.doi.org/10.20469/ijbas.9.10002-1
