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PROJECT GRAAL: TOWARDS OPERATIONAL ARCHITECTURE ALIGNMENT

PASCAL VAN ECK

Department of Computer Science, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands

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HENK BLANKEN

Department of Computer Science, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands

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ROEL WIERINGA

Department of Computer Science, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218843004000961Cited by:26 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

This paper presents a framework for architecture alignment that can be positioned between approaches for software architecture, which concern software artefacts only, and strategic alignment models, which have a business focus. The framework is currently applied in case study research to find alignment patterns used in practice. First results presented in this paper indicate that the framework might yield an operationalization of strategic architecture alignment models. We also present an alignment pattern which shows a difference between how architectures are designed at the application level and the infrastructure level. We think this difference is significant for practical alignment models.

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