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Enterprise Architecture and Agility: A Systematic Mapping Study

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This article presents a systematic mapping study of published scientific papers on Enterprise Architecture (EA) and agility. More specifically, we reviewed studies on applying agile practices to EA and applying EA to the organization’s agility. A categorical structure is proposed for classifying the research results based on the extracted topics discussed. The categories include agile traits (i.e., principles and practices), EA practices, and organizational contexts. By mapping the published works and analyzing them, the article also highlights some trends and indicates some obstacles and needs for future research and practice.

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This research is financially supported by The European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) (https://www.ercim.eu/). This work has been partially supported by NFR 295920 IDUN.

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    Hong Guo

  2. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    Hong Guo, Darja Smite & Jingyue Li

  3. Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden

    Darja Smite

  4. Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

    Shang Gao

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Guo, H., Smite, D., Li, J., Gao, S. (2021). Enterprise Architecture and Agility: A Systematic Mapping Study. In: Shishkov, B. (eds) Business Modeling and Software Design. BMSD 2021. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 422. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79976-2_18

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