Sebis Research News

The article Future Research Topics in Enterprise Architecture Management - A Knowledge Management perspective has been accepted for publication at the WorkshopTrends in Enterprise Architecture Research (TEAR 2009).  In this article, the author team (S.Buckl, F. Matthes, C.M.Schweda) revisit the state-of-the-art in EA management research from a knowledge management perspective. Therefore, they apply the knowledge management cycle of Probst to discover shortcoming of current EA management approaches and identify potential topics for future research in this field.

The invited article  Enterprise Architecture Management - Globalisierte IT-Landschaften ganzheitlich gestalten was published in the ITK-Kompendium 2010 of F.A.Z.-Institut. In this article, the author team (F. Matthes, S.Buckl, C.M.Schweda) discusses the challenges of business-IT alignment and the managed evolution of the enterprise in a globalized economy. They further elaborate how an integrated and holistic EA management function can help to successfully face the challenges.

The program for the EAMKON Conference on Enterprise Architecture Management in Stuttgart , Oct. 7-8 2009 has been published.

The following companies report on practical case studies:

• Fraport AG
• Hewlett-Packard GmbH
• T-Mobile International AG
• Technische Universität München
• Rhenus Assets & Services GmbH & Co. KG
• Association of Enterprise Architects
• Objectarchitects
• GAD eG
• LVM Versicherungen
• Die Schweizerische Post, PostFinance
• BMW AG
• T-Mobile International Austria GmbH
• BMW Bank GmbH
• Die Mobiliar – Schweizerische Mobiliar
• Versicherungsgesellschaft AG
• Credit Suisse Group AG
• Finanz Informatik GmbH

On Oct 5th there is a half-day workshop on TOGAF-9 that can also be booked separately.

Prof. Florian Matthes chairs the conference. Members of sebis contribute to the workshop and the conference program.

For more information download the EAMKON Conference Flyer (PDF)

This is the title of the presentation of Florian Matthes given at the Software Architecture Symposium 2009 in Kiel. It discusses modeling and design issues at the enterprise architecture management level and presents an information model and a graphical view on this model to help enterprise architects to plan and communicate project roadmaps.

On the 9th of June 2009, Sabine Buckl held a presentation at the 17th European Conference on Information Systems 2009 in Verona, Italy on the topic "A Wiki-based Approach to Enterprise Architecture Documentation and Analysis.