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Complex Adaptive Systems Thinking Approach to Enterprise Architecture

Complex Adaptive Systems Thinking Approach to Enterprise Architecture

Marc Rabaey
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 51
ISBN13: 9781466686199|ISBN10: 1466686197|EISBN13: 9781466686205
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8619-9.ch017
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Rabaey, Marc. "Complex Adaptive Systems Thinking Approach to Enterprise Architecture." Web Design and Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 339-389. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8619-9.ch017

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Rabaey, M. (2016). Complex Adaptive Systems Thinking Approach to Enterprise Architecture. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Web Design and Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 339-389). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8619-9.ch017

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Rabaey, Marc. "Complex Adaptive Systems Thinking Approach to Enterprise Architecture." In Web Design and Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 339-389. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8619-9.ch017

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Abstract

Complex systems interact with an environment where a high degree of uncertainty exists. To reduce uncertainty, enterprises (should) create intelligence. This chapter shows that intelligence has two purposes: first, to increase and to assess (thus to correct) existing knowledge, and second, to support decision making by reducing uncertainty. The chapter discusses complex adaptive systems. Enterprises are not only complex systems; they are also most of the time dynamic because they have to adapt their goals, means, and structure to survive in the fast evolving (and thus unstable) environment. Crucial for enterprises is to know the context/ecology in which they act and operate. The Cynefin framework makes the organization and/or its parts aware of the possible contexts of the organization and/or its parts: simple, complicated, complex, chaotic, or disordered. It is crucial for the success of implementing and using EA that EA is adapted to function in an environment of perpetual change. To realize this, the chapter proposes and elaborates a new concept of EA, namely Complex Adaptive Systems Thinking – Enterprise Architecture (CAST-EA).

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