Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Enterprise Architecture.- 1.2 The Business Process Perspective.- 1.3 Extended, Virtual Enterprises.- 1.4 Enterprise Integration Methods.- 1.5 The Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture And Methodology (The GERAM Enterprise Architecture Framework).- References.- I Architecture Frameworks — Organising Enterprise Architecture Knowledge.- 2 GERAM — The Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology.- 3 A Mapping of Individual Architecture Frameworks (GRAI, PERA, C4ISR, CIMOSA, ZACHMAN, ARIS) onto GERAM.- II Strategy Making and Business Planning.- 4 Strategy as a Creation of Corporate Future.- 5 Leadership: Better Relationships through Better Communication.- 6 Capability Improvement.- 7 Developing the Business Model — A Methodology for Virtual Enterprises.- 8 Analysing the Present Situation and Refining Strategy.- 9 Developing the Enterprise Concept — The Business Plan.- III Defining the Requirements for Enterprise Change.- 10 Enterprise Modelling — The Readiness of the Organisation.- 11 Modelling Function and Information.- 12 Modelling the Management System — Enterprise Management and Activities.- 13 Resource Requirements of Enterprise Management.- 14 Enterprise Modelling.- IV Developing the Master Plan — Architectural Design of the Changed Enterprise.- 15 Preliminary Design: Translating Requirements to Design Specifications.- 16 Organisational Design.- 17 Application Reference Models and Building Blocks for Management and Control.- 18 Designing the Information Technology Subsystem.- V Case Studies.- 19 Ford Motor Company’s Investment Efficiency Initiative: A Case Study.- 20 The Business Process (Quiet)Revolution; Transformation to Process Organization.- 21 Farley Remote Operations Support System.- 22 The use ofGERAM to support SMEs Development in Mexico.