This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Trends in Enterprise Architecture Research (TEAR), held in Delft, The Netherlands, on November 12, 2010. The main objective of the workshop is to identify major trends and challenges in enterprise architecture research by providing a discussion forum where researchers and practitioners can exchange experiences, problems, and ideas.
The 7 papers presented were extensively reviewed and selected from 15 submissions. They report on core concepts and the effectiveness of enterprise architecture, on architecture description languages, and on exemplary case studies.
The Contribution of Enterprise Architecture to the Achievement of Organizational Goals: A Review of the Evidence.- Trends in Enterprise Architecture Practice - A Survey.- An Enterprise-Wide Intervention at IRS: A Longitudinal Analysis of Stakeholder Sentiments.- A Conceptual Framework for Enterprise Architecture Design.- The Roles of Principles in Enterprise Architecture.- Leveraging Software Architectures through the ISO/IEC 42010 Standard: A Feasibility Study.- Integrating Standard Platforms in Heterogeneous IT Landscapes through Service-Oriented EAM. As Principal Advisor Enterprise Architecture, Marc Lankhorst is responsible for Novay's activities on enterprise, business and IT architecture. His expertise and interests range from enterprise architecture and business process management to service orientation and model-driven software development. He is a board member of the Netherlands Architecture Forum (NAF), one of the editors of Via Nova Architectura, and a TOGAF® 9-certified enterprise architect. He holds a M.Sc. from the University of Twente and a Ph.D. from the University of Groningen.