Using Archimate and BMM to Model Enterprise-Level Alignment of Business and IT

Abstract

In the last decade, Enterprise Architecture (EA) has been proposed to have the potential to improve and support strategic alignment
between business and IT. This paper presents a new model, using a new modelling technique based on two leading modelling
techniques, to depict strategic alignment between business and IT through the lens of an Enterprise Architecture framework, The
Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF). The contribution of this paper is two-fold. Firstly, it augmented the Archimate
modelling notation with the constructs of the Business Motivation Model (BMM) to present a more comprehensive technique of
modelling strategic alignment of business and IT. Secondly, the paper also presents a new model that aims to explain the mechanism
through which an Enterprise Architecture can enable strategic alignment between business and IT.