Research
A key enabler for the research agenda for the College of Information Sciences and Technology Center for Enterprise Architecture is the Engaged Scholarship model. It emphasizes problem identification from practice and multi-modal investigations such as observation+explanation or design+action. A hallmark of engaged scholarship is the multiple round-trips from theory to practice as well as practice to theory, where industry participants are actively engaged with university researchers.
Contributing Discipline and Profession
The practice of enterprise architecture (EA) is not new and can be traced to at least the 1980s. Defining and tackling research problems related to EA, therefore, requires active collaboration with EA practitioners from multiple professions, as well as drawing on a number of traditional disciplines such as software engineering and organization science as well as specific research streams such as project management and change management. Generating cogent and enduring research themes related to EA is itself a challenge because it requires combining perspectives from different disciplines and integrating their diverse theoretical foundations, value systems and research approaches.
A Holistic Approach
The research agenda and themes for the Center for EA are driven by a holistic perspective that breaks down silos across traditonal disciplines and leverages the Engaged Scholarship model. They reflect a spectrum of enduring concerns shaped by our industry partners since 2009.
Contributing Discipline and Profession
The practice of enterprise architecture (EA) is not new and can be traced to at least the 1980s. Defining and tackling research problems related to EA, therefore, requires active collaboration with EA practitioners from multiple professions, as well as drawing on a number of traditional disciplines such as software engineering and organization science as well as specific research streams such as project management and change management. Generating cogent and enduring research themes related to EA is itself a challenge because it requires combining perspectives from different disciplines and integrating their diverse theoretical foundations, value systems and research approaches.
A Holistic Approach
The research agenda and themes for the Center for EA are driven by a holistic perspective that breaks down silos across traditonal disciplines and leverages the Engaged Scholarship model. They reflect a spectrum of enduring concerns shaped by our industry partners since 2009.