Platform for Assessing Strategic Alignment Using Enterprise Architecture: Application to E-Government Process Assessment

TL;DR

This paper introduces S2AEA (v2), a platform that models enterprise architecture to evaluate strategic alignment, demonstrated through an application to e-government process assessment, aiding in auditing and improving information systems.

Contribution

The paper presents a novel platform leveraging enterprise architecture metrics for strategic alignment assessment, specifically applied to e-government processes.

Findings

Effective measurement of strategic alignment in e-government.

Platform supports enterprise architecture-based auditing.

Improves understanding of business-IT alignment.

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of S2AEA (v2) (Strategic Alignment Assessment based on Enterprise Architecture (version2)), a platform for modelling enterprise architecture and for assessing strategic alignment based on internal enterprise architecture metrics. The idea of the platform is based on the fact that enterprise architecture provides a structure for business processes and information systems that supports them. This structure can be used to measure the degree of consistency between business strategies and information systems. In that sense, this paper presents a platform illustrating the role of enterprise architecture in the strategic alignment assessment. This assessment can be used in auditing information systems. The platform is applied to assess an e-government process.