Integration of Business Process Architectures within Enterprise Architecture Approaches: A Literature Review

Abstract

Business Process Architecture (BPA) and Enterprise Architecture (EA) require integration to serve as effective management tools. Prior literature reviews have not focused on EA-BPA integration. This work aims to fill this gap by conducting a literature review analyzing and comparing how EA approaches include and consider BPAs. We found most related research that analyzed EA approaches recognize the need of integrating business processes with multiple organizational aspects but do not provide a standalone BPA viewpoint nor offer specific integration guidelines. The article concludes by identifying criteria for adopting an EA approach and highlighting research gaps that suggest the EA-BPA integration field remains largely unexplored and open to further inquiry.

Keywords:

• Business Process Architecture
• Enterprise Architecture
• Literature Review

EMJ Focus Areas:

• Strategic Management
• Systems Engineering

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Notes on contributors

Fernanda Gonzalez-Lopez

Fernanda Gonzalez-Lopez is an Electronic Engineer MS in Industrial Engineering. She is currently a PhD candidate at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, undertaking research on the topic of Business Process Architectures. She accounts for experience in Information Systems and Business Process design and analysis projects in fields such as e-commerce, finance, and healthcare and also in teaching in the areas of Information Systems and Business Process Management.

Guillermo Bustos, PhD is a Full Professor at the School of Industrial Engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. He has almost 30 years of teaching, research, and consulting experience in Chile. He has published research papers in the area of IT Management, Information System Modeling, and Business Process Management. His research interests are mainly Conceptual Modeling of Information Systems, Business Process Modeling and Redesign, and Business Process Architectures.