Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2021, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (4): 881-888.doi: 10.23919/JSEE.2021.000076

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Modeling the dynamic alignment of business and information systems via the lens of human-centered architecture evolution

Mengmeng ZHANG1(), Shuanghui YI2,*(), Honghui CHEN1(), Aimin LUO1(), Junxian LIU1(), Xiaoxue ZHANG1()   

  1. 1 Science and Technology on Information Systems Engineering Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410072, China
    2 National Key Laboratory for Complex System Simulation, Military Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
  • Received:2019-11-28 Online:2021-08-18 Published:2021-09-30
  • Contact: Shuanghui YI E-mail:18670381635@163.com;377019128@qq.com;chh0808@gmail.com;amluo@nudt.edu.cn;18674864900@163.com;snow1126@126.com
  • About author:|ZHANG Mengmeng was born in 1990. He received his M.S. degree in management science and technology from the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), Changsha, China, in 2011. He received his Ph.D. degree from the NUDT, Changsha, China, in 2019. His research interests are information system architecture design, analysis and validation. E-mail: 18670381635@163.com||YI Shuanghui was born in 1978. He received his M.S. degree in computer science and technology in 2003. He has been engaged in distributed computing research for nearly 10 years, software testing for more than three years, and information system architecture design for more than five years at Beijing Institute of System Engineering. Currently, he is the deputy director of the Second Research Department of National Key Laboratory for Complex System Simulation. E-mail: 377019128@qq.com||CHEN Honghui was born in 1969. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT). He is a professor and the executive vice director of Science and Technology on Information Systems Engineering Laboratory in the NUDT. His current research interests include requirement engineering, military information system, and enterprise architecture design and analysis. E-mail: chh0808@gmail.com||LUO Aimin was born in 1971. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT). She is a professor in the NUDT. Her current research interests include requirement engineering, military information system, and enterprise architecture design and analysis. E-mail: amluo@nudt.edu.cn||LIU Junxian was born in 1973. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT). He is a professor in the NUDT. His current research interests include requirement engineering, military information system, and enterprise architecture design and analysis. E-mail: 18674864900@163.com||ZHANG Xiaoxue was born in 1986. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT). She is an associate professor in the NUDT. Her current research interests include requirement engineering, military information system, and enterprise architecture design and analysis. E-mail: snow1126@126.com

Abstract:

The complexity of business and information systems (IS) alignment is a growing concern for researchers and practitioners alike. The extant research on alignment architecture fails to consider the human viewpoint, which makes it difficult to embrace emergent complexity. This paper contributes to the extant literature in the following ways. First, we combine an enterprise architecture (EA) framework with a human viewpoint to address alignment issues in the architecture design phase; second, we describe a dynamic alignment model by developing a human-centered meta-model that explains first- and second-order changes and their effects on alignment evolution. This paper provides better support for the theoretical research and the practical application of dynamic alignment.

Key words: business and information systems (IS) alignment, human viewpoint, enterprise architecture (EA), meta-model, dynamic alignment