Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2020, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (1): 95-108.doi: 10.21629/JSEE.2020.01.11

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An approach to measuring business-IT alignment maturity via DoDAF2.0

Mengmeng ZHANG1,*(), Honghui CHEN1(), Yi MAO2(), Aimin LUO1()   

  1. 1 Science and Technology on Information Systems Engineering Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410072, China
    2 State Key Laboratory of Air Traffic Management System and Technology, Nanjing 210014, China
  • Received:2019-01-18 Online:2020-02-20 Published:2020-02-25
  • Contact: Mengmeng ZHANG E-mail:186703816365@163.com;chh0808@gmail.com;mao_y@nuaa.edu.cn;amluo@nudt.edu.cn
  • About author:ZHANG Mengmeng was born in 1990. He received his M.S. degree in management science and technology from National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), Changsha, China, in 2011. He is pursuing his Ph.D. degree in the School of Information System and Management at NUDT. He was a visiting student in Case Western Reserve University. His research interests include information system architecture design, analysis and validation. E-mail: 186703816365@163.com|CHEN Honghui was born in 1969. He received his M.S. degree and Ph.D. degree from NUDT. He is a professor and the executive vice director of Science and Technology on Information Systems Engineering Laboratory in NUDT now. His current research interests include requirement engineering, military information system, enterprise architecture design and analysis. E-mail: chh0808@gmail.com|MAO Yi was born in 1985. He received his Ph.D. degree in Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is an engineer in State Key Laboratory of Air Traffic Management System and Technology, China. His research interests include transportation planning and management, information system architecture. E-mail: mao_y@nuaa.edu.cn|LUO Aimin was born in 1971. She received her M.S. degree and Ph.D. degree from NUDT. She is a professor in NUDT now. Her current research interests include requirement engineering, military information system, enterprise architecture design and analysis. E-mail: amluo@nudt.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China(71571189);the State Key Laboratory of Air Traffic Management System and Technology(SKLATM201806);This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71571189) and the State Key Laboratory of Air Traffic Management System and Technology (SKLATM201806)

Abstract:

Measuring the business-IT alignment (BITA) of an organization determines its alignment level, provides directions for further improvements, and consequently promotes the organizational performances. Due to the capabilities of enterprise architecture (EA) in interrelating different business/IT viewpoints and elements, the development of EA is superior to support BITA measurement. Extant BITA measurement literature is sparse when it concerns EA. The literature tends to explain how EA viewpoints or models correlate with BITA, without discussing where to collect and integrate EA data. To address this gap, this paper attempts to propose a specific BITA measurement process through associating a BITA maturity model with a famous EA framework: DoD Architectural Framework 2.0 (DoDAF2.0). The BITA metrics in the maturity model are connected to the meta-models and models of DoDAF2.0. An illustrative ArchiSurance case is conducted to explain the measurement process. Systematically, this paper explores the process of BITA measurement from the viewpoint of EA, which helps to collect the measurement data in an organized way and analyzes the BITA level in the phase of architecture development.

Key words: business-IT alignment (BITA), measurement, enterprise architecture (EA), DoD Architectural Framework 2.0 (DoDAF2.0), meta-model