Project GRAAL: Towards operational architecture alignment

International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-255

  Van Eck, Pascal ^a   Blanken, Henk ^a   Wieringa, Roel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Application architecture; Architecture alignment; Enterprise architecture; Governance; It infrastructure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE; ARCHITECTURE ALIGNMENT; ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE; GOVERNANCE; GRAAL PROJECT; IT INFRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 8644242432     PISSN: 02188430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218843004000961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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