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Join the Enterprise Architecture SIG for the Achieving Business Process Integration: Results from a Survey on Enterprise Architecture Governance Webcast.
In the fall of 2007, several SAP EA Group members participated in a survey on the use of critical enterprise architecture mechanisms. In this Webcast, we will discuss findings from the survey.
Achieving enterprise architecture benefits, such as business process integration, requires a system of decision rights and account abilities that involves IT and non-IT stakeholder groups from corporate, business unit, and project team levels. To keep the system simple, it is important to know when to engage different stakeholders.
Drawing on survey data from 130 companies, we will investigate the impact on business process integration of involving both IT and non-IT corporate-level managers—i.e., joint corporate involvement—in mechanisms linking IT projects to organization-wide objectives (e.g., an enterprise architecture exceptions handling process). We will discuss when joint corporate involvement is beneficial to business process integration, when it is counterproductive; and when it is inconsequential.
Speaker
Nils Olaya Fonstad, MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research
Nils Olaya Fonstad is a research scientist at the MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research. Nils investigates how organizations achieve benefits from greater integration (both within and between organizations). He developed the IT engagement model to describe how organizations effectively link IT projects to organization-wide strategic objectives and to IT infrastructure management. He has extended this research to examine how organizations effectively govern outsourcing relationships. Nils earned his PhD degree in Information Technology and Organization Studies from MIT Sloan School of Management. He also holds an MS from the MIT Technology and Policy Program, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering and BA in Film Studies from Cornell University.